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Weapons shortages could mean hard calls for Ukraine' s allies
10/23/2022 1:02:00 AM
WASHINGTON AP — Weapons shortages across Europe could force hard choices for Ukraine s allies as they balance their support for Ukraine against the risk that Russia could target them next
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With their stockpiles low, do Europe an nations keep sending arms to Ukraine or hold back to protect themselves, potentially making a Russian victory more likely? 'The question is, ‘How much risk are you ready to take?’” Estonia's defense minister says
WASHINGTON AP — Weapons shortages across Europe could force hard choices for Ukraine s allies as they balance their support for Ukraine against the risk that Russia could target them next
Other smaller nations, such as fellow Baltic state Lithuania, face the same challenges. But so do some larger NATO members, including Germany.Germany faces a similar situation, the ministry of defense said in an email to the AP.
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“Yes, the Bundeswehr’s stocks are limited. Just as it is the case in other European countries,” the ministry said.
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Other smaller nations, such as fellow Baltic state Lithuania, face the same challenges. The trust previously of a corridor at Worcestershire Royal Hospital to care for patients.
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However, we are working to close the current gaps. In Worcestershire, she said, there continued to be a struggle with long ambulance handover delays, staff shortages and lack of space, as well as rising Covid-19 infections.” For some NATO countries, it may not be possible to “dig deep,” said Max Bergmann, the European director for the Center for Strategic and International Studies.
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“They’ve cut the fat essentially,” Bergmann said. “Now they are cutting into the bone.. ” The stockpiles are low because for many European nations, military spending became a lower priority after the end of the Cold War, which weakened their defense industrial bases.
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U.S. defense companies also had a role as they moved in to compete for European contracts.
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Estonia has provided the equivalent of one-third of its defense budget to Ukraine, Pevkur said. Norway has provided more than 45% of its stock of howitzers, Slovenia has committed nearly 40% of its tanks and the Czech Republic had sent about 33% of its multiple launch rocket systems, according to the Germany-based The team based its analysis on an annual report on the known weapons and troop sizes of militaries worldwide published by the International Institute for Strategic Studies. ADVERTISEMENT $17.5 billion in weapons and equipment to Ukraine since February, raising questions among some members of Congress as to whether it too is assuming too much risk.
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The Pentagon will not provide data on its own stockpiles. The Washington-based Stimson Center research group estimates the Ukraine war has reduced the U.S. stockpiles of Javelin anti-tank weapons by as much as one-third and Stinger missile inventories by 25%.
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This will not be cheap as inflation and supply chain instability have pushed up costs,” Waldwyn said. Šakalienė has been pressing other members of Lithuania’s Parliament to start awarding long-term defense contracts now to rebuild the country’s ability to defend itself. “Without making long-term sustainable decisions in expansion of military industry, we are not safe,” Šakalienė said.
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