BERLIN (dpa-AFX) – Defense Minister Boris Pistorius has admitted delays in arms deliveries to Ukraine and at the same time emphasized that capacities would be ramped up as quickly as possible. “We have the problem right now, it is known that the Defense industry “We cannot deliver in certain areas as quickly as the needs are,” said the SPD politician on Tuesday evening on ZDF’s “Heute Journal”.
The defense industry is increasing its capacity wherever it can. “It’s a question of tempo, you can’t influence the tempo indefinitely.” It takes time to set up a factory and build up the necessary ammunition and explosives stocks in order to then be able to produce quickly and quickly. Pistorius cited the example of the production of Gepard tank ammunition, which Germany had to restart. Although it happened quickly, it also took six months. “We’re talking about time processes that can be accelerated but not completely disabled.”
Pistorius emphasized that Germany is now Ukraine’s second largest supporter of arms supplies. “We deliver what we can,” he said./csd/DP/ngu