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The F-35 is, of course, an American product but as part of (F-35) sales to European states ... the industry in those states has also been involved in the production of key components,
the researcher said
Imports from the USA have risen and European NATO states have almost 500 combat aircraft and many other weapons still on order from the USA,
he addedI see an incredible opportunity for Europe to actually do future investment in what the next phase of war looks like, and there’s enough smart thinkers there that they can nail it right out of the gates,
Krummrich said
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According to recent estimates by the Ministry of Defence, around 40 percent of weapons we are using now are being produced in Ukraine,
Sovsun saidThe decline in Russia’s arms exports started before its full-scale invasion of Ukraine,
George said
The West wasted these three years and didn’t prepare itself for this protracted war or any kind of horizontal escalations,
Oleksandr Danylyuk, a land warfare expert for the International Institute for Strategic Studies, told Al JazeeraI think that things cannot truly be different right now. We need lots of weapons,
Ukrainian parliamentarian Inna Sovsun, who has knowledge of defence matters, told Al JazeeraThere’s actually a slight advantage here for Europe,
retired US Colonel Seth Krummrich, who currently serves as vice president for Global Guardian, a security consultant, told Al JazeeraEuropean defence has emerged as one of the biggest winners in global markets this year,
The Wall Street Journal wrote on SundayWe are fighting the second biggest army in the world, and the conflict is immense,
she saidAnyone out there with a cheque book, especially if it’s a limited budget, … they’re going to see what works and doesn’t work,
he saidOn one side, you have states increasing arms to counter the ‘Russian threat’ but on the other, states will need to figure how they rearm and build up while also transferring stocks to Ukraine,
he saidWith an increasingly belligerent Russia and transatlantic relations under stress during the first Trump presidency, European NATO states have taken steps to reduce their dependence on arms imports and to strengthen the European arms industry,
said Pieter Wezeman, Senior Researcher with the SIPRI Arms Transfers Programme
Maybe some European allies will look inward instead of buying American due to Trump’s statements about and treatment of the alliance thus far,
Hartung said
There is usually a lag” between the announcement of sales and aid and its delivery
George saidTwo of Russia’s most important arms-trading relationships had already weakened before 2022, with India increasingly favoring other suppliers, and China sourcing more arms from its own burgeoning arms industry,
said Pieter Wezeman, a senior researcher for SIPRIThe flip side is that sales are already so high, can he outdo that
said Hartung, who works at the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft, a Washington think tank that promotes diplomatic engagement over conflictTrump was an aggressive arms sales promoter in his first term,
said William D. Hartung, an expert on the arms trade who was not involved in the SIPRI study,The US is in a unique position when it comes to arms exports. At 43%, its share of global arms exports is more than four times as much as the next-largest exporter, France,
said Mathew George
The war against Ukraine has further accelerated the drop in Russia's arms exports because more weapons are needed on the battlefield, trade sanctions make it harder for Russia to produce and sell its weapons, and the US and its allies pressure states not to buy Russian arms,
Wezeman said