As Stocks Deplete In Ukraine War, Arms Manufacturers Meet NATO Ministers

The heads of leading arms-making companies meet NATO defence ministers this week to discuss increasing production and standardising artillery shells
as the war in Ukraine depletes stocks.
NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg warned in February that Kyiv was burning through shells much faster than Western countries could produce them. The start of Ukrainian counteroffensive is certain to lead to even greater use.
But the lack of common standards among the various manufacturers has hampered the flow of munitions supplies.
“It is about supercharging the NATO standardization process in order to enable smoother supplies, which will help preventing delays and shortfalls in the future,” a NATO official, speaking on condition of anonymity, told Reuters ahead of the meeting in Brussels on Thursday and Friday.