The Horizon Audiofiles - Ep 098 - NATO, Industrial Resilience, And Battlefield Transparency

Since the 2023 Vilnius Summit, NATO has recognised industrial
capacity as a core element of deterrence. The Alliance has
endorsed the Defence Production Action Plan, adopted the
Industrial Capacity Expansion Pledge, and aligned with parallel
US and EU initiatives, the National Defence Industrial Strategy
and the Act in Support of Ammunition Production to accelerate
output, standardisation, and supply-chain resilience. Yet policy
vocabulary has advanced faster than procurement logic. The return
of industrial war, combined with a sensor-saturated battlefield,
means that design choices now carry direct operational
consequences. Manufacturability, supply substitution,
repairability, and distributed production potential are variables
of combat endurance. This article argues that NATO's real gap is
not only an industrial-capacity gap, but also an
industrial-operational doctrine gap: the Alliance has not yet
fully integrated production resilience and battlefield
transparency into a mature procurement doctrine suited to
prolonged high-intensity conflict.


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