Russia is trying to make Ukraine to bleed to death.
Zelensky needs to sign a cease fire. Give up 20% of the country and continue to build up their armed forces and rebuild their country.
Posted on 07/25/2023 5:23:16 PM PDT by McGruff
US intelligence officials have warned that Russia is building a drone-manufacturing facility in country with Iran’s help that could have a significant impact on the war in Ukraine once it is completed.
Analysts from the Defense Intelligence Agency told a small group of reporters during a briefing on Friday that the drone-manufacturing facility now under construction is expected to provide Russia with a new drone stockpile that is “orders of magnitude larger” than what it has been able to procure from Iran to date.
When the facility is completed, likely by early next year, the new drones could have a significant impact on the conflict, the analysts warned. In April, the US released a satellite image of the planned location of the purported drone manufacturing plant, inside Russia’s Alabuga Special Economic Zone about 600 miles east of Moscow. The analysts said Iran has regularly been ferrying equipment to Russia to help with the facility’s construction.
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Why is DIA briefing journalists when the American public can’t find a mainstream source of honest war news?
Send a couple of thousand incendiary drones toward a troop concentration or a city or industrial park and you’re likely gonna get their attention.
Russia has profoudnly allied itself with the most extreme islamic nation in the history of mankind : Iran.
Trump faught Iran, killed its military leaders. Putin on the other hand... is financing the Iranian leaders.
Also:
The State Duma, the Russian parliament’s lower chamber, on July 19 approved in its final reading a bill allowing an experiment to introduce the Islamic banking system in the country.
We also know that the largest Mosque ever built in geographical Europe was inaugurated by Putin himself not so long ago in... Moscow.
Putin seem to be profoundly pro Shia islam.
But also pro Communism... since he recently made a new alliance with ultra globalist China.
Putins “values” are not Americas - to say the least.
Drones have taken over the air war.
The Russians are also getting goodies from China — drones, ceramic body armor, ammo, etc.
Is there supposed to be some rational reason why the list of Americas “enemies” and the list of nations that refuse to pay homage to the Rothschilds is always the same list??
Another, more important difference between Russia and NATO:
Russia builds new factories while NATO has meetings to plan a working group to establish a framework to agree to plan to do stuff in the future.
“”””Russia builds new factories while NATO has meetings to plan a working group to establish a framework to agree to plan to do stuff in the future.””””
No, the weapons manufacturers in the West are not avoiding making billions in making and selling new weapons and ammo.
When does the new artillery ammunition start getting produced ?
He doesn’t know anything more than the average internet forum poster. i.e. Nothing.
You are the one making the claims that the 31 nations of NATO haven’t increased production and you don’t know about any changes from the last 17 months, no new factories or revamping of existing production facilities in America and NATO nations?
No new numbers, no desire for new orders, and new production among the businesses that exist to sell these products, you haven’t been reading the descriptions of them on threads for the last year or more?
“The initiative has underscored to US officials just how long it takes to significantly ramp up production, including the expansion of existing plants and the building of new ones, and how the US should have taken meaningful action in this space far earlier to prevent ammunition stockpiles from dwindling to dangerously low levels.”
USA Biden @ssholes are now trying to blame Trump, after they take no action for 17 months after the war starts. Meanwhile, in Europe, like I said. “NATO has meetings to plan a working group to establish a framework to agree to plan to do stuff in the future.”
America has already doubled its production of 155 shells and is rapidly increasing production, Stinger production is being brought back, development and new weapon systems are still being introduced.
“The army awarded a USD624.6 million contract to the company in May 2022 to provide 1,300 Stinger missiles to replenish the US inventory.”
Many billions of dollars have already been spent on production in NATO countries, agreements have been made to simplify and expedite and stabilize the purchase of weapons
“In a development that offsets NATO’s hesitancy in accepting Ukraine into membership, Germany’s largest arms manufacturer is not only setting up a plant in Ukraine, it has told the Russian government that it will shoot down any Russian planes or drones that threaten its plant.”
https://barry-gander.medium.com/defying-putin-blitz-built-german-arms-plant-in-ukraine-intends-to-defend-itself-4c63d83dccc4
NEXTER sets up non-stop production of CAESAR ACS, plans to increase guns manufacturing Now that the workers have been transferred to three shifts, and the company has also hired additional welders – the production line is working almost non-stop.
https://mil.in.ua/en/news/nexter-sets-up-non-stop-production-of-caesar-acs-plans-to-increase-guns-manufacturing/
20/07/2023 | Press release
Hungary awards Rheinmetall and UVision a major contract for the Hero loitering munitions – order volume in the three-digit million-euro range
https://www.rheinmetall.com/en/media/news-watch/news/2023/7/2023-07-20-hungary-awards-rheinmetall-and-uvision-a-major-contract-for-the-hero-loitering-munitions
The CEO of the German arms manufacturer Rheinmetall says the company is sticking to its plan to build a tank factory in Ukraine and is not bothered by the bomb threats from Russia.
https://euromaidanpress.com/2023/07/21/russian-threats-wont-dissuade-rheinmetall-from-building-tank-factory-in-ukraine-ceo/
In February 2023, the US Army announced that it had awarded USD 522 million in orders to the Northrop Grumman Corporation and Global Military Products Inc. to manufacture 155 mm artillery ammunition for Ukraine.
https://www.mordorintelligence.com/industry-reports/nato-ammunition-market
February
-While some munition production boosts have begun, U.S. Deputy Defense Secretary Kathleen Hicks is leading an effort to unclog industrial bottlenecks.
France’s Ministry of Defense last week announced five new actions meant to bolster production cycles. They include increasing the use of multi-year contracts, simplifying program requirements, securing supply chains to eliminate delays in production, supporting industry recruitment efforts, and securing access to private funding networks for France’s defense industry.
Meanwhile, Norway last month announced a deal worth 2.6 billion Krone (U.S. $257 million) to procure artillery shells from Nammo, in a deal hailed by the nation’s defense minister as the largest ever, according to reports.
https://www.defensenews.com/global/europe/2023/02/13/eyes-on-ukraine-nato-preps-new-ammo-guidelines-to-boost-production/
NATO Ammunition Market News
January 2023: The Italian armed forces awarded a contract worth EUR 18.7 million to Elbit Systems Ltd., Rheinmetall AG, and Nexter Group to supply 120 mm ammunition for the Ariete army battle tank. This is a significant step in modernizing the Italian army’s combat capabilities, and the three companies will work together to deliver the necessary ammunition to the Italian military.
December 2022: The German Bundeswehr signed a significant agreement with Rheinmetall AG to supply medium-caliber ammunition for the Puma infantry fighting vehicle. The agreement entailed delivering over 600,000 rounds of 30mm x 173 medium-caliber ammunition with a total value of EUR 576 million (USD 680.6 million).
https://www.mordorintelligence.com/industry-reports/nato-ammunition-market
Koreans beat Germans to win armoured troop carrier deal
https://www.afr.com/politics/federal/koreans-beat-germans-to-win-armoured-troop-carrier-deal-20230726-p5drc2
Russia is trying to make Ukraine to bleed to death.
Zelensky needs to sign a cease fire. Give up 20% of the country and continue to build up their armed forces and rebuild their country.
“America has already doubled its production of 155 shells and is rapidly increasing production”
But we need to use cluster munitions until then?
It could be that cluster bombs are what Ukraine needs against the entrenched Russian Army and that it serves our purpose to use up our old versions and old stocks in a useful manner.
There is widespread demand for 155 shells, not just in Ukraine.
“America has already doubled its production of 155 shells and is rapidly increasing production, “
It’s “doubled” from 15,000 PER MONTH to 30,000 PER MONTH. That’s the problem.
Grumman gets a contract for $522 million. At $4000/shell that is 130,000 shells. That is SEVEN days of artillery fire for Russia.
Even when they are in a crisis, these CLOWNs cannot even execute the most basic actions
I see costs as low as $400.00 for the basic artillery shell for the 155, and there are other contracts, not just the one posted.
One of the great benefits of this Russian invasion is how it is affecting NATO/US and our allies when it comes to military readiness.
A lot of countries make 155 shells and there is a lot of new effort to cash in on this new market awareness.
The American military doesn’t exactly depend on the 155 shells and we aren’t going into a wasteful WWII-type effort to make them for foreign markets but we are doing a reasonable speeding up of production in a number of countries.
If you are worried that we can’t fight China with our 155 guns, don’t worry.
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