The problem is that everyone wants shells now, and nobody wants shells in 10 years.
Nobody is going to build a new production line in a new factory just to mothball it in a few years when demand falls off.
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Sounds like a business that shouldn't be privately owned but just be a part of the military.
Either by paying up and shutting up or by owning the factories themselves you’d lose a bunch of money, so not sure that’s the way to tackle it
I mean, paying billions for things that will probably never be used in any meaningful capacity is not a foreign concept to the military. They do it all the time.
That is literally the BEST case outcome for military spending.
It's second best. The best is not paying and never needing it.
With climate change related conflicts (especially water conflicts) rising exponentially, I don't think there's going to be a shortage of demand for ammunition any time soon.
It isn't as easy on the American side. The US military owns most of the facilities that make munitions, even if it outsources operations. There was some slack in the supply chain to make more, but that slack is gone and you need an act of Congress to increase from there.
Just give money to that Congress guy
Do you want europe to make artillery shells like the old days?
Yes.
I think we can all agree that Europe drastically increasing the production of artillery shells is great for the environment in the long-term.
You skipped the step where they have to restart the whole factory and renew the contract (which will take at least a couple weeks) before simply receiving more artillery shells. Navigating MIC contracts is hell.