Nato is running out of TNT. How did we fall behind Russia and China?

TNT, the unglamorous but indispensable ingredient of modern
warfare, is now in critically short supply and Britain is feeling
the consequences. A new parliamentary report warns that the UK’s
war-fighting readiness is being eroded not only by dwindling
stockpiles but by its failure to meet Nato Article 3 obligations
to maintain the capacity to resist armed attack.


The shortage of TNT is particularly alarming: Europe and the
United States currently rely on a single Polish factory, a
fragility that exposes the entire alliance to strategic risk.
Ministers insist they are responding, with Defence Secretary John
Healey outlining plans for up to 13 new British factories to
produce munitions and explosives. But the pace remains slow.


In this episode, Venetia speaks to Joakim Sjöblom, CEO of Sweden
Ballistics, about his bid to build Europe's next TNT plant and
gets reaction from The Telegraph’s acting defence editor Tom
Cotterill on how serious the crisis really is.


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