Europe should be prepared, not panicked: Lithuanian defence tech leader Kristijonas Vizbaras

Europe is rearming, but can it build the defence industrial capacity it needs to stand on its own two feet?

In this episode of Stop the World, David Wroe speaks with Kristijonas Vizbaras, co-founder of Lithuanian defence technology company Brolis, about Europe's changing security landscape and the lessons of Russia's war on Ukraine.

Kristijonas explains why Lithuania and its neighbours are preparing for war without panic, and how Brolis has built a defence technology business with supply chains designed to avoid dependencies outside Europe.

They discuss China's dominance of the drone supply chain, what the war in Ukraine is teaching Europe's defence industry, why Kristijonas believes Europe has the industrial strength to become far more self-reliant – and lessons for Australia.

It's a conversation about resilience, innovation and what it really takes to prepare for an increasingly dangerous world.