[Lusitano89]

Von der Leyen renova apelo à aquisição conjunta de armas na UE

[Lusitano89]

[Lusitano89]

[MMaria]

Olás.

Chama-me a atenção.
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"To make powder, you need a specific kind of cotton, which mostly comes from China," he said.
Nitrocellulose, also known as guncotton, is a key ingredient in gunpowder manufacture.
"Would you know it, deliveries of this cotton from China stopped as if by chance a few months ago," Breton added...

https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20240302-europe-battles-powder-shortage-to-supply-shells-for-ukraine

Sds

[CruzSilva]

Olás.

Chama-me a atenção.
...
"To make powder, you need a specific kind of cotton, which mostly comes from China," he said.
Nitrocellulose, also known as guncotton, is a key ingredient in gunpowder manufacture.
"Would you know it, deliveries of this cotton from China stopped as if by chance a few months ago," Breton added...

https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20240302-europe-battles-powder-shortage-to-supply-shells-for-ukraine

Sds

A China já está do lado da Rússia faz muito tempo.

[CruzSilva]

Secret weapons factories operate in Ukraine, some of them underground

The El Mundo newspaper, citing a source in the Ukrainian arms industry, has written that a network of hidden factories producing weapons has emerged in Ukraine since the start of the full-scale invasion.

Source: Radio Svoboda (Liberty) with reference to El Mundo publication

Details: The source of El Mundo said that some of these factories are located underground, while others are hidden behind "huge scenery".

El Mundo's source also noted that the issue of keeping the location of these plants secret is of particular concern to Kyiv, as "traitors" have already been found among the employees of the factories.

It is noted that the construction of the hidden network of production facilities is being overseen by Oleksandr Kamyshin, the Minister of Strategic Industries.

El Mundo wrote that these factories are currently producing ammunition, all types of drones, Kozak armoured combat vehicles, Neptune missiles and Stugna anti-tank missiles.

El Mundo states that production volumes have tripled since the 2023 launch, the source said.

Background: In April, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said there were positive developments in arms production, especially when it came to the production of drones and shells. "I am always grateful to every company and every manufacturer that provides our Defence and Security Forces with everything they need," the president said.

Fonte: Ukrainska Pravda

[Get_It]

EU buys too much defense equipment abroad, especially from US: Report
(9 de Setembro de 2024)

European Union countries are buying too much of their defense equipment abroad, almost two-thirds of it in the United States, and failing to invest enough in joint military projects, a landmark report on EU competitiveness warned Monday.

The 27 member states are also failing to make best use of Europe's research and development capacities to modernize their armed forces, with just a fraction the level of U.S. investment, said the report by former Italian prime minister and European Central Bank chief Mario Draghi.

The report comes as the EU continues to struggle to find enough weapons and ammunition to help Ukraine survive the full-scale Russian invasion, now in its third year, and to kickstart Europe’s defense industry.

"Europe is wasting its common resources. We have large collective spending power, but we dilute it across multiple different national and EU instruments," said Draghi's report, which has been a year in the making and is likely to fuel an overhaul of the bloc's industrial strategy.

Part of the problem, it said, is failing to invest properly in Europe to create stronger defense firms.

"We are still not joining forces in the defense industry to help our companies to integrate and reach scale," it said. The report pointed out that "we also do not favor competitive European defense companies."

The report notes that, between mid-2022 and mid-2023, 63% of all EU defense orders were placed with U.S. companies, and a further 15% with other non-EU suppliers. Last week, the Netherlands joined a list of EU members to order big budget U.S.-made F-35 warplanes.

Across the 27 nations in 2022, defense research and development spending amounted to 10.7 billion euros ($11.8 billion) — just 4.5% of the total — compared with $140 billion in the United States, or around 16% of all defense spending.

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Fonte: https://www.defensenews.com/global/europe/2024/09/09/eu-buys-too-much-defense-equipment-abroad-especially-from-us-report/

Cumprimentos,

[CruzSilva]

EU buys too much defense equipment abroad, especially from US: Report
(9 de Setembro de 2024)

European Union countries are buying too much of their defense equipment abroad, almost two-thirds of it in the United States, and failing to invest enough in joint military projects, a landmark report on EU competitiveness warned Monday.

The 27 member states are also failing to make best use of Europe's research and development capacities to modernize their armed forces, with just a fraction the level of U.S. investment, said the report by former Italian prime minister and European Central Bank chief Mario Draghi.

The report comes as the EU continues to struggle to find enough weapons and ammunition to help Ukraine survive the full-scale Russian invasion, now in its third year, and to kickstart Europe’s defense industry.

"Europe is wasting its common resources. We have large collective spending power, but we dilute it across multiple different national and EU instruments," said Draghi's report, which has been a year in the making and is likely to fuel an overhaul of the bloc's industrial strategy.

Part of the problem, it said, is failing to invest properly in Europe to create stronger defense firms.

"We are still not joining forces in the defense industry to help our companies to integrate and reach scale," it said. The report pointed out that "we also do not favor competitive European defense companies."

The report notes that, between mid-2022 and mid-2023, 63% of all EU defense orders were placed with U.S. companies, and a further 15% with other non-EU suppliers. Last week, the Netherlands joined a list of EU members to order big budget U.S.-made F-35 warplanes.

Across the 27 nations in 2022, defense research and development spending amounted to 10.7 billion euros ($11.8 billion) — just 4.5% of the total — compared with $140 billion in the United States, or around 16% of all defense spending.

[continua]

Fonte: https://www.defensenews.com/global/europe/2024/09/09/eu-buys-too-much-defense-equipment-abroad-especially-from-us-report/

Cumprimentos,

Olha a novidade!

Quantos modelos de obus auto-propulsado têm os E.U.A. ao serviço? Um, o M109!

Nós europeus devemos ter uns 5 ou 6 modelos!

[Lusitano89]

Como é que o rearmamento europeu pode ser financiado?

[PTWolf]

Com os EUA a querem elevar para 5% do PIB o investimento na defesa e em simultaneamente ameaçarem paises NATO, a Europa devia estar a investir e a aumentar a cooperação na area da defesa.

No entanto, o que tem sido feito na luta contra o tempo que a Europa enfrenta??