Another thing to note is that it highly depends on how and what they procure with that money from who. The weapon sector has a huge price inflation issue from how i understand it, everything costs way more than it actually has to. If they make their own equipment instead of buying it from some shitty US contractor, then they can get much more value out of their money. Really the solution is nationalizing weapon manufacturing and all existing private contractors is going to be a necessity if Europe is really going to prepare for war.
Given they are such a small country, they can certainly produce some things locally. Obvious choices are small arms, artillery, and MRAPs. Anything beyond that they could probably pick one thing to specialize in, such as anti-air missile production or destroyer production, then export these to other countries. They currently export F-35 components, among other things.
However, expanding past that would be too inefficient for their size. Everything else they will need to buy from a partner. This will almost certainly include production from other European countries as well as the US.
Another thing to note is that it highly depends on how and what they procure with that money from who. The weapon sector has a huge price inflation issue from how i understand it, everything costs way more than it actually has to. If they make their own equipment instead of buying it from some shitty US contractor, then they can get much more value out of their money. Really the solution is nationalizing weapon manufacturing and all existing private contractors is going to be a necessity if Europe is really going to prepare for war.
Given they are such a small country, they can certainly produce some things locally. Obvious choices are small arms, artillery, and MRAPs. Anything beyond that they could probably pick one thing to specialize in, such as anti-air missile production or destroyer production, then export these to other countries. They currently export F-35 components, among other things.
However, expanding past that would be too inefficient for their size. Everything else they will need to buy from a partner. This will almost certainly include production from other European countries as well as the US.
Yeah the EU coordinating arms production in a way that doesnt involve everyone building the same stuff and reinventing the wheel would be nice.