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The New Economics of Scalable Ammunition Production

Nov 18, 2025
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EU Set to Double Output of Artillery Shells After Slow Start - Bloomberg

The war in Ukraine has upended assumptions about munitions supply, driving a structural surge in ammunition demand across NATO and the EU. In high-intensity combat, artillery shells, rockets and missiles are expended at rates unseen in decades, quickly exposing how Western stockpiles and production had dwindled after the Cold War[1][2]. Russia’s invasio…

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