Sprinkled, puzzle -style. Too many models of combat aircraft, armored vehicles and cannons, submarines and frigates, anti-aircraft defense systems … This is the observation that supporters of a real European and technological defense (ILOD) basis (BitD) have long done, confirmed by the Russian-Ukrainian war, which especially benefited American armaments.
If we add its different components, the European bitd seems solid. Present on almost all its segments, it weighs 33 % of world exports, including American groups producing on the old continent. But 1 + 1 does not make 2. In his report on the loss of competitiveness of the twenty-seven published in September 2024, Mario Draghi took an eloquent example. “For the 155 mm artillerynoted the ex-president of the Italian council, The members of the European Union provided Ukraine 10 types of howles from their stocks, which has created serious logistical difficulties for [ses] armed forces. »»
“Many manufacturers work in the same segments and find themselves in frontal competition on non -domestic markets”deplored the deputies Jean-Charles Larsonneur (not inscribed) and Jean-Louis Thiériot (Les Républicains) in a report in May 2024-“The defense industry, provider of strategic autonomy in Europe? – in the National Assembly. Europe (including the United Kingdom) aligns three hunters-the French Rafale, the Anglo-German-Italian Eurofighter and the Swedish Gripen-who represent only a third of its fleet, especially composed of F-16 and F-35 Americans.
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