Secret Agent Man :"Well it appears OBiden made it priority to get it back online again. /sarc "
”..MINDEN, La.—Nearly two years ago, an errant spark inside a mill caused an explosion so big it destroyed all the building’s equipment
and blew a corrugated fiberglass wall 100 feet."
"It also shut down the sole domestic source of an explosive the Department of Defense
relies on to produce bullets, mortar shells, artillery rounds and Tomahawk missiles.
The product, for which there is no substitute, is used in small quantities in munitions to ignite more powerful explosives."
From the archive listing in post #1 by FReeper kiryandil from the Wall Street archive of 28 Apr 2023 :
“ ..Today that’s emerging as a gnawing problem for the U.S., whether in supplying weapons and ammunition to Ukraine
or in restocking reserves to prepare for a potential confrontation with China in the new era of great-power competition,
according to U.S. military officials, defense experts and congressional staffers. “
”After months of supplying Ukraine with Stingers, howitzers, anti-armor systems and artillery ammunition, stocks are low in both the U.S. and its NATO allies,
especially in 155mm howitzer shells, an ammunition that has been crucial to pushing back Russian forces. “
'“Can you imagine what would happen to these supply chains if the U.S. were in an actual state of active war, or NATO was?” said Jeff Rhoads,
executive director of the Purdue Institute for National Security, a defense-research institute at Purdue University.
“They could be in trouble very quickly.” “
(My Comment) : Ya think ?
Maybe they should learn to 'Prep' and "cache' ?
”After months of supplying Ukraine with Stingers, howitzers, anti-armor systems and artillery ammunition, stocks are low in both the U.S. and its NATO allies,
especially in 155mm howitzer shells, an ammunition that has been crucial to pushing back Russian forces. “
‘“Can you imagine what would happen to these supply chains if the U.S. were in an actual state of active war, or NATO was?” said Jeff Rhoads,
executive director of the Purdue Institute for National Security, a defense-research institute at Purdue University.
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Stocks are “low” as in “none” and NATO is a force for evil and thankfully it’s totally defanged right now. I follow the Uke/Russia war carefully. ANd this is funny:
“an ammunition that has been crucial to pushing back Russian forces. “
Russia is advanceing pushing Ukraine mil (what’s left of it) back, and either destroying or taking over equipment sent by US and other countries.,