it needs military backing though. if the donald goes full retard we wouldn't stand a chance against russia and the us
We miss the manpower, the production (we have some and especially the smaller things like grenades are easy to upscale), we need the US for command and control (Ukraine has the Delta system which works, we might just copy that) and in terms of communication we have to take a loot to Starlink and build a European system. There’s a lot of work to do. Honestly if I were a politician I’d handle this very existential and would by no means count on the US. If you get to a scenario where they will help with something it would just be a bonus. The same goes for energy dependence and production
I read a interesting piece on how the UK had their ‘Minister of Munitions’ after the Shell Crisis during WW1, they were able to scale their industry quite fast.
As for other things, like drones, Ukraine already does a excellent job by the way. We should learn from them. Also when it comes to innovation, they’re the best in the world.
Its interesting to see that we went from a scenario where we trained the Ukrainian army last years, to a scenario where things will turn around and they might actually train us.
This war in terms of warfare is very revolutionary, it will never be the same with the introduction of mass usage of drones, but also the geopolitical implications changed the landscape for the coming decade.