[RoadGame]

Within the NATO alliance different countries specialize in and invest heavily in certain capabilities - e.g. France/US/UK on nuclear, Poland on mass (tanks), etc. We've allowed our capabilities to atrophy to the point we're going to struggle to find a specialization in the short term to contribute. So stockpiling shells (or drones) isn't building ammunition for an army that doesn't exist, it's doing something we are capable of today to contribute to the defensive alliance we rely on to protect our sovereignty.

And none of that takes away from the seriousness or urgency of needing to repair our military in a comprehensive way, it simply acknowledges that can't be fixed as quickly as we could become an arsenal for democracy.


*there's also a link here conceptually to kill webs and "any sensor - any shooter". e.g. American drones/satellites sending signals to Polish artillery tubes firing Canadian ammunition. Ammo is part of that system we can act on quickly vs the rest.