Eastern Europe Edition

Poland’s Defense Industry Can’t Make Enough Weapons

A worker moves 155mm ammunition at a factory in Bydgoszcz, Poland.

Photographer: Damian Lemański/Bloomberg

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The big dilemma in Europe’s recent push to increase its defense capabilities has been how to balance purchases of military hardware with investment in the factories to make the weaponry in the first place.