Europe faces up to prospect US may be unable to arm Nato allies

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European nations face growing concerns that the US defense industrial base cannot fulfill pledged arms shipments due to depleted stockpiles from conflicts in Ukraine and Iran, leading to delayed or cancelled deliveries of critical systems like Patriot missiles. As NATO leaders convene, allies are contemplating new avenues for defense and production, acknowledging a potential 5-10 year gap before European defense manufacturing can significantly ramp up.

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Wars in Iran and Ukraine have expended stockpiles of sought-after missiles, leaving gap in military resourcesThere are growing concerns in Europe that the US defence industrial base is no longer providing the weapons pledged to Nato allies with US stockpiles depleted owing to the conflicts in Ukraine and Iran, leaving allies to consider new avenues to arm and defend themselves. As Nato leaders including the US president, Donald Trump, convene in Ankara, Turkey, the US plans to address European d

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