More or less yes, the £1bn may include some newly produced equipment, but will take months at least, upto now nearly all supplies have been taken from the donor countries armed forces direct ,most defence companies don't have stock at hand, all work is done to individual contracts, at the moment NATO is down to the bare bones, luckily russia is too, hope China are too busy with Covid.
Did I hear China aren’t too happy with Russia.
As you can probably tell, I know nothing about the arms industry. I saw the response to the question and drew the wrong conclusion.
They sent 2700 Strela anti aircraft missiles, which they inherited from the East german army, about 40 years old, many were unusable. i'm surprised at the lack of supplies( artillery shells/MLRS rockets etc) many European Countries have, us included, it's like we have ignored the basics of warfare, think now would be a good time to invest in defence companys, as i see a lot of orders coming their way.
India too, Modi told putin that now was not a time for war, i watch some clips of russian political programmes, and an increasing amount of guests are speaking out against the war, they can't afford the war to carry on indefinite, Europe will find alternative energy supplies, and China won't be stupid enough to become reliant on russia for oil/gas like Germany, unless on their terms and prices.
Try and be a bit more adaptable. If you can change your decades in the making national anthem on a sixpence, then you can do anything if you try. Same mind-set.
...and the docile reliance of the UK military on foreigners, to bail us out.
