If a major conflict erupted tomorrow, the world’s ammunition stockpiles would be gone in a matter of days – and refilling those empty arsenals could take as long as two years.
That’s the reality staring down Western military leaders and policymakers as they reckon with a defence industrial base that was not designed for sustained, high-intensity warfare.
The war in Ukraine has laid this vulnerability bare, with lower cost, …
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