I think there has been a problem across the alliance of many governments, particularly outside of defence, in thinking about this as a peacetime problem and following traditional processes. Certainly in the U.K., we are not seeing a rapid acceleration in process, partly because it does require buy-in from other bits of government. The Ministry of Defence does not own all of the levers to unlock planning permissions for a munitions factory, for example.
It is really important that you have centralized government authority directing all of those other constituents and contributors to this process to make sure there isn't an acceleration in the signing of defence contracts, for example, but no acceleration in the ability to find and set up appropriate facilities to produce more munitions. I've observed that there is a sense of urgency in the ministries of defence around NATO, but very often that doesn't translate across government.
