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Phantom Bullfrog | 8 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 That'll be because Russia is currently under wartime economy and France is not, that's not a very useful comparison.
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Little Mikey D | 8 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 I think it is useful.

Economies can not just switch into wartime economies on a dime. It takes a lot of time and a hell of a lot of changes to occur before a spike in demand flows back into a spike in production. And any spike in demand in Western Europe will be noticed by Russia and met with a spike in demand by Russia. It might be very hard to catch up.

Now I think US production of weapons is pretty high, and the US is making moves to increase and distribute wartime production. They just brought Japan onboard to make jet fighters.