Weapons systems must eliminate American components to escape Washington’s export-control vetoes.
To secure the independent authority to deploy critical munitions, European defense industries are designing "ITAR-free" long-range systems containing absolutely zero U.S. technology.
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European states are declassifying blueprints to help Ukraine establish a domestic assembly line for long-range cruise missiles free of U.S. ITAR export-control vetoes.
The UK defense strategy targets the domestic production of long-range weapons free of American ITAR controls to secure operational sovereignty.
Europe's massive deep precision strike project is motivated by a desire to avoid relying on US hardware and export control vetoes.
The UK's Project Brakestop specifically designs and manufactures the TigerShark drone to be entirely ITAR-free, avoiding Washington's export-control vetoes for long-range deployments.