NATO countries intend to invest in the revival of Soviet weapons to help Ukraine, US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken said, CNN reports.
According to the Secretary of State, various investment options are considered – the Alliance wants to make sure that the Armed Forces will receive the most effective and necessary weapons. “Something will go to the systems of the Soviet era and to ensure ammunition for them. In some cases, it may be necessary to produce that it was not done for some time,” Blinken said.
Earlier, New York Times wrote that NATO was discussing investments in old factories in the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Bulgaria to resume the production of shells of the Soviet era for Ukrainian artillery.
Reuters writes that the war in Ukraine has already provoked a boom in military industry in Eastern Europe. The companies “stamping” weapons, artillery shells and other military equipment unprecedented before the Cold War.