Ramp-up.

This is coolbert:

I think any reasonable person will find none of this to be surprising!

"EU struggles to produce and send the ammunition it promised to Ukraine"

From ABC News ^ | November 14, 2023 | RAF CASERT | the tip thanks to Freeper.

"European Union nations acknowledged on Tuesday that they risk failing to provide Ukraine with the ammunition they pledged to help Kyiv stave off the Russian invasion and win back its territory. Early this year, EU leaders promised to provide 1 million rounds of ammunition to Ukraine's front line by spring next year in what would have amounted to a serious ramp-up of production. But the 27-nation bloc, for over half a century steeped in a 'peace, not war' message and sheltering under a U.S. military umbrella, is finding it tough to come up with the goods"

I am assuming this is 155 mm artillery ammo as deemed so essential to the Ukrainian war effort. Increase production difficult and expensive. A long-term proposition and not something going to be accomplished overnight.

As I always recommend devoted readers to the blog need to refer to "The Shell Crisis of 1915" from the era of the Great War. Extraordinary circumstances require extraordinary effort. Sadly I fear words alone are not going to be enough, the WILL is lacking. 

David Lloyd George where are you?

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