US subsidizes the replacement of Soviet weapons by European countries
The United States is launching a new program to subsidize the purchase of American weapons by countries that in the past were former members of the Warsaw Pact. In the framework of the new initiative of Trump, when replacing Soviet weapons with new ones, the Old World states may suffer.
EU countries, many of which are outraged by the recent demand of US President Donald Trump to increase defense spending, may suffer from a new program initiated by the White House.
A subsidy of 190 million dollars will be divided between six countries, some of which are not members of the European Union. The project was developed by the European Command of the USA and is intended for the soonest deliverance of these states from the Soviet and Russian weapons.
Money will give six countries
The project was called the European Recapitalization Incentive Program, or ERIP. The money is planned to be allocated both to the EU member states (Croatia, Greece and Slovakia), and Albania, Bosnia and Northern Macedonia, which are not yet in the European Union.
This is a relatively small amount, but the promise of expanding the subsidy is attached to it. And the fact that these funds will explicitly be used to reorient countries to American-made products probably means that European defense firms will be wary of following the future of the program.
Responding to a question about the European response to the ERIP, analysts of Defense News magazine noted that the emergence of a flow of funding could cause a surge in activity among European defense contractors, who consider it not so much an act for the benefit of the allied countries, but an increase in American hegemony.
- Douglas Barry asks from the London office of the International Institute for Strategic Studies.
The United States enters the European market
The purchases of the six mentioned countries are conditionally divided into two areas: Albania, Bosnia and Slovakia are going to change helicopters; Croatia, Greece and North Macedonia need new infantry fighting vehicles. These are two areas in which there are a large number of European suppliers who would be interested to keep their American competitors away from the European market.
He is echoed by military expert Jim Townsend. Analysts agreed that the new US program may encourage European manufacturers to lobby for a similar decision. Also, most likely, the ERIP program will be extended and new countries will be included in it. Preliminary they will be Poland, Hungary or the Baltic countries.
EU countries, many of which are outraged by the recent demand of US President Donald Trump to increase defense spending, may suffer from a new program initiated by the White House.
A subsidy of 190 million dollars will be divided between six countries, some of which are not members of the European Union. The project was developed by the European Command of the USA and is intended for the soonest deliverance of these states from the Soviet and Russian weapons.
Money will give six countries
The project was called the European Recapitalization Incentive Program, or ERIP. The money is planned to be allocated both to the EU member states (Croatia, Greece and Slovakia), and Albania, Bosnia and Northern Macedonia, which are not yet in the European Union.
This is a relatively small amount, but the promise of expanding the subsidy is attached to it. And the fact that these funds will explicitly be used to reorient countries to American-made products probably means that European defense firms will be wary of following the future of the program.
Responding to a question about the European response to the ERIP, analysts of Defense News magazine noted that the emergence of a flow of funding could cause a surge in activity among European defense contractors, who consider it not so much an act for the benefit of the allied countries, but an increase in American hegemony.
From the point of view of the European manufacturer, you look at it and think how altruistic this step is, and how far is this step connected with the attempts of the US to gain a foothold in the European arms market and to link some countries to American weapons?
- Douglas Barry asks from the London office of the International Institute for Strategic Studies.
The United States enters the European market
The purchases of the six mentioned countries are conditionally divided into two areas: Albania, Bosnia and Slovakia are going to change helicopters; Croatia, Greece and North Macedonia need new infantry fighting vehicles. These are two areas in which there are a large number of European suppliers who would be interested to keep their American competitors away from the European market.
He is echoed by military expert Jim Townsend. Analysts agreed that the new US program may encourage European manufacturers to lobby for a similar decision. Also, most likely, the ERIP program will be extended and new countries will be included in it. Preliminary they will be Poland, Hungary or the Baltic countries.
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