Canada Asking Weapons-Makers for Plans to Ramp up Ammunition Production

Canada is giving two weapons manufacturers millions of dollars to come up with a plan to make more 155 mm ammunition as the war in Ukraine drags on. Defence Minister Bill Blair made the announcement in a speech to the Conference of Defence Associations Institute in Ottawa on Mar. 7. He said $4.4 million will go to IMT Defence and General Dynamics to develop detailed proposals to increase production. “We’ve donated tens of thousands of rounds of NATO-standard, 155 mm artillery ammunition to Ukraine. But Ukraine needs much more ammunition—and quite frankly, so does Canada and the (Canadian Armed Forces),” Mr. Blair said....