Britain boosting explosives production to curb reliance on U.S.

CGTN Europe

Britain is scaling up domestic explosives production for 155mm NATO shells — and doing it without a single U.S. component. 🚢💥 Pop-up “mini-factories” in shipping containers aim to cut dependency on U.S. supply chains and export rules.    #UKDefense #BAESystems #NATO #Explosives #155mmShells #MilitaryIndustry #DefenseTech #SupplyChain #ITAR #DefenseInnovation #BritishArmy #StrategicAutonomy

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00:00U.K. defense company BAE Systems is scattering pop-up mini-factories across the country

00:06to make the high explosive that powers NATO's 155-mm shells.

00:11And for the first time in decades, it won't need a single U.S. component.

00:16By this summer, output of 155-mm rounds will be 16 times higher than it was just two years ago,

00:24thanks to automated production lines housed in ordinary shipping containers.

00:29Reductions after the Cold War left the U.K. importing U.S. explosives.

00:33That reliance on allies came at a price.

00:36U.S. export rules, known as ITR, can block the resale or even battlefield use of weapons that contain American parts.

00:43With more than a quarter of a million British shells donated to Ukraine, domestic stocks have plunged.

00:49Industry insiders say the new dispersed model is cheaper, quicker, and harder to knock out than a single mega-plant.

00:55If one site is hit, half a dozen others keep running.

00:59BAE's first containerized lines will come on-stream at Glasgow in South Wales in June.

01:03If the concept spreads, European nations could reduce their reliance on the U.S.

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