The publication reported that North Atlantic Alliance (NATO) countries are yet to meet their obligation to spend 2 percent of GDP on defense Defense One Citing a study by the international consulting firm McKinsey.
“It’s one thing to make a political statement about increasing funds. It is another matter to allocate these funds and direct them to industry,” writes analyst Guillaume de Ranieri.
He notes that to reach the target level, many NATO countries will have to spend years, which has a strong impact on the level and speed of deliveries of new weapons systems and ammunition, especially to Ukraine. Additionally, de Ranieri notes that during combat operations, amounts of ammunition were used comparable to those in World War II.
Overall, European defense spending has increased by 4% over the last decade.
Previously, the official representative of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Maria Zakharova in the name NATO’s exercises on the Baltic North Coast are a sign of aggression by a military organisation.
Formerly in the State Duma offered to organize an exhibition of broken NATO equipment.