European NATO international locations have lowered their reliance on the US for weapons imports whereas considerably growing their protection spending previously yr. Speaking with FRANCE 24’s Sharon Gaffney, Guntram Wolff, Senior Fellow at Bruegel, says that “any weapon we buy as Europeans from the United States is a liability both in terms of technology dependence but also in terms of missing growth and domestic ecosystem that would develop”.
https://www.france24.com/en/any-weapon-europe-buys-from-the-us-is-a-liability-rearmament-expert-says