Conflicts in Ukraine and the Middle East have exposed the limits of Europe's years of focus on small production runs of sophisticated weapons rather than wartime-scale manufacturing. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/09/17/world/ukraine-war-european-demand-missiles/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #ukraine #russia #russiaukrainewar #vladimirputin #volodymyrzelenskyy #europe #eu #missiles