“Since the prospect of termination of war is remote, and military assistance from the United States of America can stop, Europe is slowly moving to the creation of “reassuring forces” in Ukraine. According to the article by The Economist, supporters of the country consider the best guarantee of its safety of weapons “to the teeth”. The European Dikobraza Strategy provides for the purchase of more ammunition, systems and missiles for Ukraine’s air defense.”, – WRITE ON: ua.news
Since the prospect of termination of war is remote, and military assistance from the United States of America can stop, Europe is slowly moving to the creation of “reassuring forces” in Ukraine.
According to the article by The Economist, supporters of the country consider the best guarantee of its safety of weapons “to the teeth”. The European Dikobraza Strategy provides for the purchase of more ammunition, systems and missiles for Ukraine’s air defense. In Europe, it is believed that stimulating its defense industry will be the most effective and economical way of support.
Defense and industrial complex
As noted in the article, in Soviet times, Ukraine was a large weapon manufacturer, but gradually this industry declined. Nevertheless, after a full -scale invasion, the country was able to rely on an existing engineering base and a new technological sector.
Uraine plans to produce 5 million FPV-oules and more than 30,000 unmanned aerial vehicles of the long range of action. The plans are also the production of 3 thousand winged rockets type “Long Neptune” and rockets with a turboureactive engine “Palyanitsa”:
“Ukraine also tested its own ballistic missiles for Russian purposes. They are extremely fast and therefore it is harder to intercept. “
The extent of the German Ministry of Defense Nico Lange believes that the Ukrainian technologies of radio electronic struggle are now ahead of the possibilities of both Russian and Western systems. According to the newspaper, the Ukrainian complex of Lima is already capable of disrupting the system of guidance of Russian glider bombs.
Last year, more than 2.5 million Ukrainian artillery and mortar shells received the front. This was due to the partnership with foreign companies Nammo and KNDS. However, it is noted that many mortar mines had serious quality problems.
The production of self -propelled howitzers “Bogdan” managed to accelerate from six to about 20 units a month. The publication indicates that it is three times faster than the production of Nexter CAESAR guns. Journalists believe that it can be doubled by increasing European funding.
Ukraine cannot produce all the necessary weapons, so the creation of joint ventures with Western companies is vital for its MIC. For example, she still has to import armored vehicles.
The country should also reduce its dependence on Western, and especially American, air defense systems. The Commander -in -Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Oleksandr Sirsky has already reported the development of a system that will be able to knock down ballistic missiles. A joint venture with the French company Thales can provide it with access to advanced radars and optoelectronics.
The article states that an obstacle to direct European investment is the confusing legal system of Ukraine and a low credit rating. According to Lang, it is better not to invest in state -owned enterprises, but in “more dynamic” private companies.
And the NATO Expert on Policy and Planning Fabris Potier is excited by the dependence of Ukrainian companies on Chinese components for drones. He calls for Europe to provide the country with optics, gyroscopes, sensors and flight controllers.
Danish model
The fastest way to obtain a weapon for the Armed Forces is the model according to which Ukraine determines priorities in service, Denmark pays for orders, and its experts evaluate suppliers and control its implementation.
Last year, they purchased 18 bogdan howls for the Ukrainian army, and then financed the production of UAV of a long -range radius of action and missile systems. About 1 billion euros will be found in Kyiv this year.
The Dikobraza Strategy for Ukraine
Earlier, the high representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs Kai Callas initiated a plan for increasing military assistance to Ukraine to 40 billion euros.
The proposal has received broad political support among EU countries, but Italy and Spain have advocated a thorough discussion of funding, taking into account future political and security changes.
During the EU summit, March 20, Italy, France, Spain and Portugal rejected the Callas initiative, which led to the plan. As a result, the volume of assistance was reduced to 5 billion euros, and participation in the fund was voluntary to avoid possible blocking by individual states.
The EU plans to launch a large -scale project to build its defense industry aimed at restraining Russia and supporting Ukraine as the United States “weakened your attention” to the continent.
And American weapons manufacturers have been overboard of the new large -scale EU defense plan, according to the released details of financing the EU defense sector and allies.
