1st Edition

Building Defence Capacity in Europe An Assessment

116 Pages
by Routledge

116 Pages
by Routledge

European states have embarked on the long road to rebuilding their defence capabilities. After decades of underinvestment in the armed forces and the defence-industrial base, the challenges are significant. However, since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, NATO countries have committed to ambitious readiness and war-fighting plans. Against this background, this IISS... Read more

Introduction  Chapter One: The Transatlantic Defence Ecosystem Capability Vignette: Uninhabited aerial vehicles (UAVs) European Enablers Air and Missile Defence  Chapter Two: Funding European Defence Capability Vignette: Armoured Vehicles and Armoured Warfare  Chapter Three: European Defence-industrial Capability: Revival, Growth and Sustainment Capability Vignette: Artillery The Electromagnetic Spectrum  Chapter Four: Mass and Resilience Capability Vignette: Critical Maritime Infrastructure  Chapter Five: Security of Supply Conclusion: A Load Road to Rebuilding European Defence

Biography

The International Institute for Strategic Studies is an independent centre for research, information and debate on the problems of conflict, however caused, that have, or potentially have, an important military content. The staff of the Institute is international in composition and IISS work is international in its perspective and reach. The Institute is independent and stresses rigorous fact-based research with a forward-looking policy orientation that can improve wider public understanding of international security problems and influence the development of sounder public policy, and more effective business decisions in the international arena.