[Tallguy]

Had a conversation with another Freeper about the US supplying the HIMARS rocket systems to Ukraine. He assured me that the US had plenty of such systems and that this would impact US Army or USMC artillery battalions. Well...

https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/are-there-enough-guided-rockets-for-himars-to-keep-up-with-ukraine-war-demand

[Paul R.]

We have only sent 16 HIMARS systems to Ukraine, and surely some have been knocked out. No way can the Ukies be using enough missiles to seriously short us, unless we were seriously short anyway. Sad to say, that’d mostly be on the Trump Admin. Which is why I have my doubts.

Now, if we’d sent half our inventory of HIMARS systems to Ukraine (IIRC we had 700+), then I might believe it. But even then, a shortage would stink of bad planning. Poland alone, NOT a wealthy country, has ordered 500 HIMARS systems. What on earth would the (Trump) planners be thinking would be needed if a major dustup occurred?