Why Korea and Europe are ideal partners in defense industry

The war in Ukraine and the Middle East conflict has reminded the world of an old truth: Wars are not sustained by strategy alone. They are sustained by factories, supply chains, skilled workers, stockpiles, transport networks and political will. South Korea and Europe should take this lesson seriously. Industrial resilience has become a fashionable phrase, but the reality behind it is hard and unforgiving. Ukraine exposed ammunition shortages, long production lead times, fragile supply chains and dangerous single points of failure. These weaknesses affected not only Ukraine, but also Russia, Europe and the wider Western defense ecosystem. Modern war consumes equipment and munitions at rates that peacetime planning often fails to imagine. South Korea understands this problem. Koreans live beside one of the world’s most militarized threats. The country has built a strong defense industry and has become a serious supplier of tanks, artillery, aircraft, ships, missiles and ammunition. But Korea’s greatest vulnerability is not a lack of technology or industrial skill. It is concentration

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