Bullets:

  • The war in Ukraine consumes vast quantities of arms and ammunition, supplied almost entirely by the US and the EU.
  • Battlefield demands in Ukraine far outstrip the combined production of the entire Western bloc.
  • Arsenals across the EU are empty, and the United States is far more reluctant today to supply the Ukraine war effort.
  • But Europe faces severe problems in their efforts to rearm, and to make good their public support and promises to Ukraine.
  • Despite having a far smaller economy than either the US or the EU, Russia easily produces more ammunition and war materiel than the NATO countries, combined.
  • Meanwhile, Russia’s close ally China has the world’s most productive industrial sector, and monopolies on the supply chains necessary to build armaments.
  • Last year, China cut off exports of antimony, a critical component of explosives, and antimony prices have more than quadrupled in less than a year.
  • wellfill@lemmy.ml
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    20 hours ago

    Aah yes, you were right. I mistakenly thought that you tried to compare the economies by using the arms manufacturing. But you only said the statement about economy size is wrong, which indeed because of ppp it is. I also agree that he uses this for propagandist purposes. Investing heavily into arms production and having more oppressed workforce doesnt sound as good I guess.