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Almost two-thirds of the firearms imported by NATO European members over the past five years US, according to new American manufactured research.
Weapons’ imports in European countries more than double between 2020 and 2024 compared to the past five years, while the region responds to the total growth in Russia Ukraine Of 2022, according to data from the Stockholm International Research Institute Institute (Sipri). The US provides 64 percent of these arms, from 52 percent between 2015-2019.
Mathew George, Director of Sipri Arms Transfers Program, says states have been able to buy public purchases of public imports to weapons in Europe “.
The numbers emphasize the scale of the challenge facing European leaders as they seek to minimize their military trust in the US, as President Donald Trump asks that Europe to be more responsible for self-security.
Although the continent’s happened Allies are looking for strengthening their national capabilities since Russia’s invasion three years ago, Trump’s return to White House has added new momentum.
Leaders from 27 EU members last week endorses new defense initiatives proposed by Brussels, including an instrument to prompt military capabilities.
The European Commission von der Leyen said on Sunday he wanted to use loans to reduce confidence in the arms purchased outside Bloc. He said it is “very important” that the injection is used to give “research, development and good jobs here in Europe”.
€ 0bn Fund has become a new round of combat between France and Germany at the Rearmament drive on the continent and if needed to include countries outside the Bloc. The commission chief believes that it is important to be “wise” and keep up with good Norway and UK connections.
Industry executives echoed calls that the region should reduce the trust of non-European supplier to develop its strength. There are increasing numbers of concerns that the US can still decide to prevent critical support for key weapon systems, such as the advanced F-35 fighter jet.
Pieter Wezeman, Senior Researcher in Sipri, says facing a “more Belligentent Russia, the Trump stress of printing weapons’ arms”.
But he also emphasized “deep roots” in the arms of European arms in Washington, how the European Chinese chapters and many other weapons of rank from the US “.
Time in the postwar, European governments spend expensive America weapons, seeing it as the maintenance of Sedlointon committed to the security of the continent.
Władysław Kosiniak-Kormysz, Minister of Polish Defense, told reporters last month:
He added that this “insurance policy” appears to the new administration they meet in two conditions often subject to quid support – the relationships with the defect of us –
SIPRI’s annual analysis of global arms transfers also rewrite how the US has examined the world’s exports from 35 percent of five-year period.
Meanwhile, the world’s largest imports of major weapons during the period, with imports of about 100 times as the country intends to fight Russian forces.
For the first time in two decades, the largest part of US weapons go to Europe instead of the Middle East, even if the middle single receives the US weapons.
The US remains a supplier of options for advanced strike capabilities above as per aircraft planes, Sipri said.
The data also shows that the top 10 accs exporters for the past five years are the same as the past, but that Russia has fallen in the third place behind France as export exports. Italian jumps from the tenth to the sixth place.
Russian weapon exports fell 64 percent between 2015 and 2019, and 2020 and 2024, as the War of Moscow “the reduction in the exportability of WARMONRY.
Wezeman said that because Russia should continue to have more production of its local use in battlefield and pressure in countries that cannot be purchased from Moscow.
Two-thirds of Russian arms exports went to India, China and Kazakhstan, according to research.
China’s imports in arms reduced by 64 percent between two seasons while the country is further replaced by imports – mostly from Russia – produced firearms. Arms’ imports are likely to continue to fall as the capacity of the domestic arms industry grows, according to Sipri.
Henry Foy’s further report to Brussels