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Rheinmetall showed off an array of combat vehicles, drones and munitions, while a throng of executives, military chiefs and defense ministers lined up to talk to Papperger.

The reason: The bridge sat on the sole railway link serving the North Sea port of Nordenham, the only terminal in Northern Europe licensed at the time to handle all munitions shipments to Ukraine.

In June, Defence Secretary John Healey announced plans to move the UK to "war-fighting readiness," including £1.5bn to support the construction of new munitions factories, which will be built by private contractors.

In its statement, the IDF said "prior to the strike, measures were taken to reduce the chance of harm to civilians, including the use of precision munitions, aerial observations, and additional intelligence information".

Mr. Hegseth conceded that the problem is partially driven by a fickle Pentagon that, for example, buys a handful of munitions one year and then suddenly wants hundreds.