☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.mlM to United States | News & Politics@lemmy.mlEnglish · 6 days agoTurns out that the US is unable to produce enough missiles for Ukraine and a war with Iranresponsiblestatecraft.orgexternal-linkmessage-square56linkfedilinkarrow-up151arrow-down11
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minus-square☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.mlOPMlinkfedilinkarrow-up17arrow-down1·6 days agoif you look at the tangible numbers, there’s barely anything actually being produced in Europe
minus-squareCyberMonkey403@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up2·5 days agoDo you by chance have data on this?
minus-square☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.mlOPMlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·5 days agoThere’s no single report summing this up, but here are a few article discussing European dependence on US arms exports https://www.vaticannews.va/en/world/news/2025-03/arms-imports-soaring-in-europe-sipri-think-tank-says.html https://en.hespress.com/105384-report-european-militaries-reach-60-reliance-on-us-weapons.html?print https://www.thehindu.com/news/international/europes-dependence-on-us-arms-rose-in-last-five-years-says-report/article69311997.ece https://www.sipri.org/media/press-release/2025/sipri-top-100-arms-producers-see-combined-revenues-surge-states-rush-modernize-and-expand-arsenals The problem that Europe has is lack of access to cheap energy. They’re now pretty entirely reliant on expensive LNG from the US, and industries things steel production, essential to the military, are incredibly expensive as a result.
if you look at the tangible numbers, there’s barely anything actually being produced in Europe
Do you by chance have data on this?
There’s no single report summing this up, but here are a few article discussing European dependence on US arms exports
The problem that Europe has is lack of access to cheap energy. They’re now pretty entirely reliant on expensive LNG from the US, and industries things steel production, essential to the military, are incredibly expensive as a result.
Thanks!