https://tankie.tube/videos/watch/fecc8b9a-54d4-4594-a6e7-f69e1382e5d4 India sees the war in Ukraine as an opportunity to dramatically expand its weapons export industry. India is the world's largest importer of advanced weapons, but can build high volumes of ammunition. They focus on munitions for NATO artillery, such as the 155-mm howitzer, and are able to produce 155 shells for less than a third, compared to Pentagon contractors. The European Union is racing to find new suppliers of weapons, now that their arsenals have been run down because of large deliveries to Ukraine. And, they hope to rebuild their own stocks, to the levels that can sustain thirty days of intense combat. India's arms shipments to Europe has quintupled since the war in Ukraine began, with most of those weapons eventually routed to Ukraine itself. Russia, which is India's main oil and advanced weapons supplier, as well as a fellow BRICS member, has made their objections to India's ambitions clear. But it is China who may have the final say: Indian arms makers now face the same supply chain issues as the Pentagon and the EU. China's antimony export ban means that in order to make the bombs that India wants to build for Europe, they first need to get China or Russia to sell antimony to them. Closing scene, Wuxi, Jiangsu Resources and links: India rejects report on transfer of ammunitions to Ukraine as 'speculative' https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c2dpxkknen5o No silver bullet: Aid is not a shortcut to victory for Ukraine https://www.defensepriorities.org/explainers/no-silver-bullet/#immaterial-material-the-limits-of-western-capacity Reuters Exclusive: Ammunition from India enters Ukraine, raising Russian ire https://www.reuters.com/world/ammunition-india-enters-ukraine-raising-russian-ire-2024-09-19/ India Redirects Artillery Shell Sales for Ukraine Through Europe Despite Russian Protests https://united24media.com/latest-news/india-redirects-artillery-shell-sales-for-ukraine-through-europe-despite-russian-protests-2441 Artillery Shell Boom For India Amid Ukraine-Russia War; Indian Firms To Set Up Manufacturing Lines In Estonia https://www.eurasiantimes.com/ukraine-russia-war-fuels-artillery-shell-boom/ EU Considers India as Key Supplier of Artillery Shells and Small Arms Ammunition to Ukraine After US Aid Suspension https://defence.in/threads/eu-considers-india-as-key-supplier-of-artillery-shells-and-small-arms-ammunition-to-ukraine-after-us-aid-suspension.13146/ Artillery shells sold by Indian arms makers diverted by European customers to Ukraine: Report https://www.newindianexpress.com/world/2024/Sep/19/artillery-shells-sold-by-indian-arms-makers-diverted-by-european-customers-to-ukraine-report India : New Europe’s Artillery Shell Supplier https://alphadefense.in/index.php/2024/06/21/india-new-europes-artillery-shell-supplier/ Countries with primary mine production of Antimony, from USGS https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Countries-with-main-mine-production-of-antimony-adapted-from-21_fig2_362701863 Mineral Wars: How China’s Export Ban on Antimony Could Cripple U.S. Shell Production https://news.clearancejobs.com/2024/12/09/mineral-wars-how-chinas-export-ban-on-antimony-could-cripple-u-s-shell-production/ Thu, 09 Apr 2026 02:15:29 GMT https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html PeerTube - https://tankie.tube https://tankie.tube/lazy-static/avatars/3ba3ff73-a8b6-49c9-add8-9653ef090c7f.webp https://tankie.tube/videos/watch/fecc8b9a-54d4-4594-a6e7-f69e1382e5d4 All rights reserved, unless otherwise specified in the terms specified at https://tankie.tube/about and potential licenses granted by each content's rightholder.