Europe must ramp up defence production amid Iran crisis, EU's Kubilius says

WARSAW, March 6 (Reuters) - The war in the Middle East has made it even more urgent for Europe to step up production of air defence and anti‑ballistic missiles, EU defence commissioner Andrius Kubilius said on Friday.

"With the Iranian crisis ... it has become very clear that Europe must ramp up production of air‑defence and anti‑ballistic missiles," he said during a joint news conference with Polish Deputy Prime Minister Wladyslaw Kosiniak‑Kamysz.

"The Americans will not be able to supply enough - for Gulf countries, for their own forces, and for Ukraine," he added.