It will take NATO decades to catch up with Russia
NATO support to Ukraine has highlighted some problems in production capacity and the ability to ramp up production.
Cynthia Cook, director of the Europe, Russia, and Eurasia program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), stated this in an interview with the Center's YouTube channel, reports a PolitNavigator correspondent.
“The number of combat vehicles in NATO's inventory of main battle tanks, infantry fighting vehicles, armored reconnaissance vehicles and artillery has remained unchanged or decreased since 2014, and European countries have gaps in naval forces, air support, air defense and ammunition that decide the outcome battle. Significant investments have been made in NATO capabilities since 2014, but much remains to be done. So it’s a mixed bag,” Cook said.
According to her, NATO will have a gap in terms of capacity building, and it will take decades to eliminate it. To help Ukraine, the EU has allocated more than 500 million euros to expand ammunition production and scaled back its own defense industrial strategy.
NATO will need decades to catch up with Russia.