Top U.S. defense firm General Dynamics is planning to open weapons plant in Ukraine – an investment that implies taxpayers will continue to dole out dollars to support war that has no end in sight
General Dynamics, based in Renton, Virginia, wants to open an artillery factory in western Ukraine producing 155-millimeter shells within six months
Ukrainian officials have spoken openly about the need for investment from abroad to rebuild their defense industry
President Volodymyr Zelensky’s chief of staff is currently in the U.S. for talks with defense industry bigwigs
Top defense firm General Dynamics, a major contractor for the U.S. military, is planning to open a new weapons factory in western Ukraine, DailyMail.com can reveal.
It means that U.S. taxpayers look set to bankroll Ukraine’s weapons supplies via lucrative Pentagon contracts for years to come with no end in sight to the nearly two-year war.
Three sources familiar with the Virginia-based firm’s plans said the company will ramp up domestic production of arms supplies amid concerns about Kyiv’s flagging counteroffensive to boot out Russia’s armed forces from its occupied territories
Top defense firm General Dynamics, a major contractor for the U.S. military, is planning to open a new weapons factory in western Ukraine, DailyMail.com can reveal.
It means that U.S. taxpayers look set to bankroll Ukraine’s weapons supplies via lucrative Pentagon contracts for years to come with no end in sight to the nearly two-year war.
Three sources familiar with the Virginia-based firm’s plans said the company will ramp up domestic production of arms supplies amid concerns about Kyiv’s flagging counteroffensive to boot out Russia’s armed forces from its occupied territories