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The TNT Chokepoint: Europe’s Dependence on a Narrow Explosives Base for Artillery Ammunition Production
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Platform publication · DFM Analysis report · 2026-06-13
Europe’s effort to rebuild artillery ammunition output has exposed a structural vulnerability in the least substitutable part of the supply chain: the production of high explosives used to fill shells and warheads. The analysis treats the explosive-fill chain as distinct from the propellant chain and reconstructs the industrial architecture of the bottleneck rather than discussing ammunition production in generic terms.
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Europe’s effort to rebuild artillery ammunition output has exposed a structural vulnerability in the least substitutable part of the supply chain: the production of high explosives used to fill shells and warheads.
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