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Strategic Autonomy and Supply Chains: Industrial and Financial Dimensions
What is the central argument of “Strategic Autonomy and Supply Chains”, and why does it matter for European defence and dual-use markets?
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The digitalization of close combat has redefined supply chains as strategic assets in their own right. Infantry units no longer depend solely on weapons, ammunition, and vehicles, but on networks of sensors, secure radios, batteries, vision devices, and software systems.
Most of these derive from civilian and dual-use industries, making operational readiness increasingly tied to the reliability of commercial production. For defence markets, this shift translates into continuous procurement flows rather than episodic platform buys.
This analysis answers: What is the central argument of “Strategic Autonomy and Supply Chains”, and why does it matter for European defence and dual-use markets? What does this mean for European defence funding, procurement and investment decisions? How mature and defensible is the position described in “Strategic Autonomy and Supply Chains”? Which European actors, programmes and funding instruments are most exposed?
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- Most of these derive from civilian and dual-use industries, making operational readiness increasingly tied to the reliability of commercial production.
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Infantry units no longer depend solely on weapons, ammunition, and vehicles, but on networks of sensors, secure radios, batteries, vision devices, and software systems.
Why does Strategic Autonomy and Supply Chains: Industrial and Financial Dimensions matter for European defence?
For defence markets, this shift translates into continuous procurement flows rather than episodic platform buys.
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