[prennert]

> These developments follow more than £150m of investment by the Company in its UK munitions facilities since 2022

The sustained need for artillery shells since 2022 did not arise because more countries wanted to decouple from American dependence, but because a war was started that did not allow for the typical NATO doctrine of air superiority to be used. I wonder when so many artillery shells were last used as they have been in Ukraine.

[tim333]

I guess the last time was Vietnam or Korea? Artillery seemed a bit dated. In Ukraine is seems less important now than it was in 2022 as much of the killing is now done with drones or missiles.