Defense commissioner nominee floats turning EU into war-weapons storehouse to deter Putin

“European countries that are members of NATO already have ammunition stockpile requirements under the long-standing NATO defense planning process,” said Oana Lungescu, a former NATO spokesperson and now a distinguished fellow at London's Royal United Services Institute. “These requirements regarding ammunition stockpiles, military capabilities and readiness are not pulled out of thin air but developed on the basis of NATO’s new defense plans.”