Ukraine saves the West's Defence Industry

Having already saved the West.

Without getting into detail a Russian strike West in WW3 would have reached deep into Europe before being held and fought back. That means that countries like the Baltics, Poland and Ukraine would have been overrun. No doubt atrocities would have been committed like those in occupied Ukraine.

Times Radio - How Ukraine put Putin's plan for Europe on hold.

In Putins plan for Ukraine the Russians would have been in Moldova and therefore on the border of Romania and Poland.

However, Ukraine held them at the East of Ukraine where they didn't even overrun 2014 borders.

Russia massively failed in their objectives.

Ukraine has also saved the West's Military Industrial Base.

The American Enterprise Institute ( AEI ) has done brilliant research showing that 117 Production lines in 31 states and 71 cities in the USA have been positively affected by supporting Ukraine ( and Israel ). Podcast here.

Personally I have been looking at Production lines, counties and towns in the UK that have been positively affected.

Obviously many of the Defence Industry companies are International and highly connected now.

STOP PRESS: First UK Trade Mission to Ukraine 13-14 December 2023.

1. BAe Systems - Increased 155mm Artillery shell production in Washington,Sunderland and Glascoed, S. Wales has added 100 highly skilled jobs in each site. BAe Jobs. Office in Kyiv.NB This twitter post on increased production internationally. Bradley Production. New Contract signed for M777 and UK benefits too. This benefits BAe in Barrow in Furness.
2. MBDA - In Stevenage - manufacture for example Storm Shadow, Brimstone, Supacat. MBDA Jobs. War in Ukraine M inisters Questions 28 Oct https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2023-10-24/debates/12F2B1A6-3BB3-48C8-89C2-397C2BE99383/WarInUkraineMBDA ASRAM achieves 90% success rate in Ukraine - joint MBDA and UK MOD initiative.
3. Thales - In Belfast - make Martlet and NLAWs. Thales Jobs. Signed Memorandum of understanding with UAS company Aerodrone.
4. Babcock - Office in Kyiv. Babcock Jobs. Maintain 2 Mine Counter Measures ships.
5. Leonardo
6. Airbus
7. Lockheed Martin - HIMARS manufactured in Arkansas ( NB Poland alone increased orders from 20 to 500 systems )
8. Raytheon - Make Javelins and Stinger missiles ( in Tucson, Arizona ) Since 2005 none were being produced. Now and order has been placed for $465 Million.
9. Qinetiq - UK HQ
10. Ultra Electronic Holdings - involved with UK Nukes
11. Northrop Grumman Corp
12. L3 Harris
13. Boeing - make F18.
14. General Dynamics - make F16. ( see this about new factory in Mesquite, Texas )

15. Hensoldt - make radars eg for Iris-T - article here.

16. McDonnell Douglas ( Boeing ) - make JDAM-ER and GLSDB in St Charles, Missouri.

17. Armtrac - https://armtrac.net/ - delivering mineclearing systems to Ukraine More Here.

18. AMS Global - Supporting BAe Systems British Artillery Systems. Maintenance Centre in Ukraine employing Ukrainians ?

19. KBR Group.

20. Royal Agricultural University, Cirencester. Looking for contamination after Russian Shelling.

Give me 75 Billion Euros for the next 3 years and I will rid you of the Putin problem - General Sir Richards Barrons.

15th December - UK and Norway announce Maritime Capability Coalition.

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Another Inflection Point.

Ukraine Assistance at a Glance.

List of States, Parts, Companies, Locations.

#AmericaFirst #UKFirst

Hungary and Slovakia " Just want to do weapons business and not get involved in politics " !!!