☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.mlM to United States | News & Politics@lemmy.mlEnglish · edit-22 days agoTurns out that the US is unable to produce enough missiles for Ukraine and a war with Iranresponsiblestatecraft.orgexternal-linkmessage-square55fedilinkarrow-up150arrow-down11
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minus-square☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.mlOPMlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 day 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.
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.