When talking about why wars continue, the focus is so often about the reasons why people are fighting. That is valid, but there are many factors. One key one that is rarely reported on is the supply of weapons. If those who fight have only rifles, the scale of the damage will be drastically less than if they have artillery. The stories of and running out of ammo show a way to affect wars: do not supply them. This is and 's law and it can be effective 1/2

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Even , one of the world's major weapons suppliers, is limited in what it can do because it is running out of ammo. They are trying to buy more from whoever will sell it. was going to sell ammo to Russia, but when the deal became public, they canceled it because of sanctions. When looking at less powerful nations at war like , and more, the impact of limiting weapons sales can be even greater. The hard part is reigning in domestic corporations that make big profits 2/2

@sergii Even Russia is not able to provide enough ammo for itself to shoot as much as it wants. Limiting ammo exports to Russia means limiting their destructive abilities.

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