the head of the largest German military-industrial company, "Rheinmetall announced: "Europe will need ten years to replenish its ammunition stores and be fully prepared to defend against an aggressor who wants to fight NATO."
"We will be fine in three or four years, but we need ten years to be fully prepared," Rheinmetall boss Armin Papperger told the BBC at the groundbreaking ceremony for the new plant. German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius, and Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen took part in the ceremony to start the construction of the ammunition factory.
