If Russia launched an attack tomorrow, no country in Europe has the inventory of missiles, drones, or interceptors required to survive the onslaught.
An often overlooked fact of the war in Ukraine is that Ukraine met its invasion backed by a massive foundation of heavy armor, artillery, air defense, and experienced troops, which is a luxury that European states lack entirely.
People often forget that Ukraine had an immense network of air defense systems and armored fleets ready to go on day one. In comparison, the current state of European stockpiles of equipment and munitions is highly alarming.
We are looking at a situation where most European nations possess almost zero ballistic missiles and a very limited number of cruise missiles. Our interceptor stockpiles are also dangerously low, and we completely lack the drone volume needed to counter a modern war machine like Russia.
The current pace of European rearmament is entirely inadequate. We need to step up industrial production and build a real military deterrent far quicker than we currently do. For that, we need to place large orders of ballistic missiles, cruise missiles, drones, and interceptors