NATO has spent billions on war exercises and planning over the last 70 years that the Ukraine War is teaching daily. The 2 % GDP spending figure is becoming questionable when you consider drones , cyber war etc. Eg cost of shells. I read recently that NATO countries have only committed 5% of their military capacity. True?
NATO has spent billions on war exercises and planning over the last 70 years that the Ukraine War is teaching daily. The 2 % GDP spending figure is becoming questionable when you consider drones , cyber war etc. Eg cost of shells. I read recently that NATO countries have only committed 5% of their military capacity. True?
Eh, I take a bit of a different view. 2% is both an arbitrary and outdated number, and a fine peacetime number. Procurement has gotten more expensive, and there's a land war in Europe. I think it was a vaguely unserious number five years ago, but that it now needs to be a very real objective.
What's more, low-cost high-volume weapon also require high-cost high-volume weapons to defend against them, right? I was just touring electronic warfare companies that are trying to figure out how to jam/spoof these cheap drones, and it ain't easy!
So the 5% figure (I think it might be 6% now) is a measure of how much of their existing kit NATO countries have sent. And, yes, it's that low. (It might have eked up a bit. I think the stat is from January.) Some countries, like Czechia, are around 50%. But more are <10%. It's embarrassing.
NATO has spent billions on war exercises and planning over the last 70 years that the Ukraine War is teaching daily. The 2 % GDP spending figure is becoming questionable when you consider drones , cyber war etc. Eg cost of shells. I read recently that NATO countries have only committed 5% of their military capacity. True?
Eh, I take a bit of a different view. 2% is both an arbitrary and outdated number, and a fine peacetime number. Procurement has gotten more expensive, and there's a land war in Europe. I think it was a vaguely unserious number five years ago, but that it now needs to be a very real objective.
What's more, low-cost high-volume weapon also require high-cost high-volume weapons to defend against them, right? I was just touring electronic warfare companies that are trying to figure out how to jam/spoof these cheap drones, and it ain't easy!
So the 5% figure (I think it might be 6% now) is a measure of how much of their existing kit NATO countries have sent. And, yes, it's that low. (It might have eked up a bit. I think the stat is from January.) Some countries, like Czechia, are around 50%. But more are <10%. It's embarrassing.