Yah yeh - that’s what we supplied them with - but the majority of their weapons are Russian or Soviet. That’s what they are fighting with. And let’s not forget that most of the items on your list are not even in Ukraine yet.
And the point was what sort of weapons are they using? A handful of western pieces that’s all - it may be a lot in your book, but its a drop in the bucket to what is need and being used.
And don’t look too closely at that list as many of those items are Russian in origin.
I didn’t say we were supplying all the weapons to the Ukraine. I also said the country was the property of the Soviets until the early 1990’s when the Soviets disbanded officially on December 9, 1991 and the changes were made and they became the Russian Federation and assumed the Soviet Union’s rights and obligations and were recognized as its continued legal personality in world affairs.
Now, being realistic, of course they are going to have Russian weapons. They were a piece of Russia until the end of the Soviet regime and even gave them back their nuclear weapons when they separated along with Moldova, Belarus, Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, and the Baltic states of Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia.
As for the US sending Russian weapons to the Ukraine, I would be pleased if you can take the list I put up, and point out those that are from Russia or the old Soviet Union. They have received some Russian weapons but not directly from us. There are weapons in the immediate vicinity of the Ukraine from other countries that bailed on the Soviets in 1991. And yes, it would be advantages for the Ukrainees to eleviate additional training by using weapons they already know. The major weapons that Putin is unhappy about came from companies like Raytheon Technologies (RTX.N) and Lockheed Martin Corp (LMT.N) jointly produce Javelins, while Raytheon makes Stingers. Other top weapons makers are Boeing Co (BA.N) Northrop Grumman (NOC.N), General Dynamics (GD.N) and Harris Technologies (LHX.N).
The Pentagon’s office of Acquisition and Sustainment, the weapons buyer for the U.S. Department of Defense, has been fielding increased demand from European allies hoping to ship weapons to Ukraine through third party transfers or to buy arms to bolster their own defenses, the sources said. The operation is being run in cooperation with the U.S. Defense Security Cooperation Agency, which oversees weapons sales and transfers to other countries for the Department of Defense. And we aren’t really doing the shipping of our own weapons. The Pentagon has stressed that smaller systems such as Javelin anti-tank systems and Stinger anti-aircraft missiles, which allies are shipping to Ukraine via truck near-daily, are the most useful.
There’s a lot more to this than people are told. It’s called OPSEC and COMSEC. And it keeps us out of the game so we don’t have to get people hurt.
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