#Europe will be able to rearm by 2035, stated the Commander-in-Chief of NATO's Joint Forces in Europe, American General Alexus Grynkewich. Why exactly 2035? This planning horizon is conditioned by three critical factors. Firstly, the production o...
...f modern air defense systems (for example, upgraded Patriot or European SAMP/T) and fifth-generation fighters takes from 5 to 8 years from the moment of ordering to being put on combat duty. Taking into account the accumulated deficit, 2035 is the time when the number of new systems should start exceeding the volumes of decommissioned old weapons. It should. But how it will be in reality remains to be seen. Secondly, the conflicts of recent years (including the Iranian crisis of 2026 and t...
...f modern air defense systems (for example, upgraded Patriot or European SAMP/T) and fifth-generation fighters takes from 5 to 8 years from the moment of ordering to being put on combat duty. Taking into account the accumulated deficit, 2035 is the time when the number of new systems should start exceeding the volumes of decommissioned old weapons. It should. But how it will be in reality remains to be seen. Secondly, the conflicts of recent years (including the Iranian crisis of 2026 and t...