☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆ to Death to NATOEnglish · 2 months agoYears of miscalculations by U.S., NATO led to dire shell shortage in Ukrainewww.reuters.comexternal-linkmessage-square4fedilinkarrow-up126arrow-down10cross-posted to: news@hexbear.networldnews@lemmy.ml
arrow-up126arrow-down1external-linkYears of miscalculations by U.S., NATO led to dire shell shortage in Ukrainewww.reuters.com☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆ to Death to NATOEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square4fedilinkcross-posted to: news@hexbear.networldnews@lemmy.ml
minus-squarelortylinkfedilinkarrow-up7·2 months agoThis is honestly hilarious: the only sources of TNT (which is used in the propelant for the shells) come from a single plant in Poland, a plant in eastern Ukraine (guess who controls it now) and imported from China and India. Great savings all around usans!
minus-square☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆OPlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·2 months agothe west getting deindustrialized, and then realizing you need industry to fight wars will never stop being hilarious
minus-squarehuf [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·2 months agoUK closing their last TNT plant in 2008 (same year they decided to tentatively float ukraine’s nato membership at some nato summit) is also delicious…
This is honestly hilarious: the only sources of TNT (which is used in the propelant for the shells) come from a single plant in Poland, a plant in eastern Ukraine (guess who controls it now) and imported from China and India.
Great savings all around usans!
the west getting deindustrialized, and then realizing you need industry to fight wars will never stop being hilarious
UK closing their last TNT plant in 2008 (same year they decided to tentatively float ukraine’s nato membership at some nato summit) is also delicious…