12 FEBRUARY 2024
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has called for large-scale production of defence equipment so that Europe could successfully restrain potential aggressors at the ceremony marking the construction of a new ammunition plant.
Source: Scholz quoted by ZDF, as reported by European Pravda
Details: Minding the threat from Russia, Scholz called for a significant increase in defence production in Europe at the ceremony of laying a new ammunition plant for the defence concern Rheinmetall.
According to Scholz, European partners should combine their orders to ensure the defence industry’s supply security for the next several decades.
“We must move from manufacturing to mass production of armaments,” the German chancellor stated.
Scholz said Russia’s aggressive war in Ukraine, as well as President Vladimir Putin’s openly stated imperial ambitions, pose the most serious threat to the European peace order.
“Those who want peace must be able to successfully deter aggressors,” the head of the German government concluded.
Once completed and operational, the new Rheinmetall plant in Unterlüs will produce 200,000 artillery rounds per year, including for Ukraine. According to Rheinmetall, the company will invest €300 million in this facility.
Earlier, Marc Theis, retired Belgian Armed Forces General, criticised the state of defence production in Europe, arguing that it would take years to build up capacity to meet the needs of European countries and help Ukraine.
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https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2024/02/12/7441553
We’re at the beginning of a new age. Mafia land, china, iran and other trash countries are posing a clear and present danger to the free world. It’s now time to rearm, and this massively.
Come on, Scholz, be a real man for once in your life and send Taurus to Ukraine now!
To enable mass production, the EU needs to coordinate the defense spending programs of the member states and bring competition down to a reasonable number. For instance, there shouldn’t be like ten producers of 155mm artillery systems in Europe, three should be enough. Because you need a higher number of orders to run a production line efficiently.
Whichever route they take in Europe, I hope it’s the shortest and easiest one. The free world might not have 20 or so years to achieve the best arrangement for rearming. Not even ten years…