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This Week's Defense Deals Show Weapons Buildup Depends on Raw Materials, Not Factories
Four defense stories broke this week: a U.S.
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After Ankara, the Real Communiqué Is an Order Book
The week after NATO's Ankara summit produced no memorable declarations, but it did produce purchase orders, financing vehicles and barter deals. Read together, they test a bigger proposition: that allied rearmament is shifting from national shopping lists to a networked production system.
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Europe Bought a Lot of Hardware in Ankara. It Is Not the Same as Buying Security.
At the NATO Defence Industry Forum in Ankara, allies signed deals worth tens of billions and launched a procurement 'one-stop shop.' But the gold rush concentrated on aircraft and munitions while leaving the digital and maritime battlespace thinly covered — and a Canadian snub of South Korean industry exposed how politics still routes the money.