Canada moves to 2% GDP end of FY25/26 - PMMC

[Kirkhill]

It turned out (WW II) that one of the characteristics of effective (useful, perhaps critically necessary) mobilization planning and preparation is to spread things around to keep multiple suppliers in business, and in particular if you have multiple domestic manufacturers, to keep them in business. When a war starts, you can pick one of each competing model going forward, but it's easier to ramp up production if you can spread production of the chosen among several existing manufacturers instead of trying to greenfield it.

Mostly important for the large items: ships, aircraft, vehicles and weapons. Canada can't afford to be a slave to buying small quantities of everything, but the idea has to be kept in mind.

In WWII, as in WWI and Ukraine new technologies were fielded as soon as they could be manufactured. Battlefield losses took care of having to maintain older models.

The new technologies that survived were improved and manufactured in numbers. Failed technologies were improved or abandoned. Successful technologies were improved until they failed.