After the First Salvo: Can Germany Keep NATO’s ATACMS Force in the Fight?

Inside Europe’s Race to Build a Wartime Missile Production, Logistics, and Resupply Network.

Germany may soon become the first country outside the United States to produce ATACMS.

But a European factory does not automatically create European wartime autonomy.

The real question is whether NATO can continue firing after its initial missile stocks are depleted—and whether Germany can build the production, logistics, maintenance, and resupply system needed to restore long-range firepower during a crisis.

This DKI Defense Analysis Brief examines what lies behind the factory headline: the hidden industrial and operational structure that will determine whether German ATACMS production becomes a genuine wartime capability or remains dependent on the existing US supply chain.

After the first salvo, can Europe keep fighting?

Stop reading headlines. Start seeing structure.