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Ukraine War Is Depleting U.S. Ammunition Stockpiles, Sparking Pentagon Concern
Wall Street Journal ^ | 09/09/2022 | By Gordon Lubold, Nancy A. Youssef and Ben Kesling

Posted on 09/09/2022 8:44:25 PM PDT by SeekAndFind

WASHINGTON—The war in Ukraine has depleted American stocks of some types of ammunition and the Pentagon has been slow to replenish its arsenal, sparking concerns among U.S. officials that American military readiness could be jeopardized by the shortage.

The U.S. has during the past six months supplied Ukraine with 16 U.S. rocket launchers, known as Himars, thousands of guns, drones, missiles and other equipment. Much of that, including ammunition, has come directly from U.S. inventory, depleting stockpiles intended for unexpected threats, defense officials say.

One of the most lethal weapons the Pentagon has sent are howitzers that fire high-explosive 155mm ammunition weighing about 100 pounds each and able to accurately hit targets dozens of miles away. As of Aug. 24, the U.S. military said it had provided Ukraine with up to 806,000 rounds of 155mm ammunition. The U.S. military has declined to say how many rounds it had at the start of the year.

In recent weeks, the level of 155mm combat rounds in U.S. military storage have become “uncomfortably low,” one defense official said. The levels aren’t yet critical because the U.S. isn’t engaged in any major military conflict, the official added. “It is not at the level we would like to go into combat,” the defense official said.

The U.S. military used a howitzer as recently as last week to strike at Iranian-backed groups in Syria, and the depletion of 155mm ammunition is increasingly concerning for a military that seeks to plan for any scenario.

The Army said the military is now conducting “an ammunitions industrial base deep dive” to determine how to support Ukraine while protecting “our own supply needs.” The Army said it also asked Capitol Hill for $500 million a year in upgrade efforts for the Army’s ammunition plants.

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Meanwhile, the service is relying on existing contracts to increase production of ammunition, but it hasn’t signed new contracts to account for the higher amounts it will need to replenish its stocks, according to Army officials.


1 posted on 09/09/2022 8:44:25 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind

I think that is basically the plan.
Deplete US military supplies and then China invades Taiwan.


2 posted on 09/09/2022 8:46:38 PM PDT by Jonty30 (Some men want to watch the world burn. It is they that want you to buy an electric car.)
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The Pfentagon


3 posted on 09/09/2022 8:46:42 PM PDT by Gene Eric (Don't be a statist!)
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To: SeekAndFind

Of the all the things I’d worry about, the last thing I worry about is Congress letting the MIC go hungry.


4 posted on 09/09/2022 8:48:05 PM PDT by Gunslingr3
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To: SeekAndFind

Don’t these munitions create NOX, CO2 or some other Gorebal warning gases?


5 posted on 09/09/2022 8:48:06 PM PDT by Paladin2
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To: SeekAndFind

America is imperiling its own defense capabilities by sending weapons to Ukraine.


6 posted on 09/09/2022 8:48:35 PM PDT by Arcadian Empire (The Baric-Daszak-Fauci spike protein, by itself, is deadly.)
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To: SeekAndFind

The US military is going to need to hold back some weaponry to use against US non-military citizens.


7 posted on 09/09/2022 8:49:18 PM PDT by CatOwner (Don't expect anyone, even conservatives, to have your back when the SHTF in 2021 and beyond.)
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To: SeekAndFind

All over a war in Ukraine that has absolutely nothing to do with our national security. We’re now vulnerable to a real threat.


8 posted on 09/09/2022 8:49:34 PM PDT by Kazan
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To: SeekAndFind

Send the new IRS Army - win/win.


9 posted on 09/09/2022 8:50:00 PM PDT by decal (They won't stop, so they'll have to be stopped)
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To: SeekAndFind

No problem!
Several hundred million rounds are available, spread out over at least 15 federal agencies...


10 posted on 09/09/2022 8:52:51 PM PDT by SuperLuminal
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To: Jonty30

Yeah... super obvious at this point.

But US Americans don’t seem to be getting it.


11 posted on 09/09/2022 8:55:36 PM PDT by Sarcazmo ("Sarcasm is the highest form of wit" ~ O. Wilde)
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To: SeekAndFind

12 posted on 09/09/2022 8:56:05 PM PDT by Pollard (Worm Free PureBlood)
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To: SeekAndFind

13 posted on 09/09/2022 8:59:40 PM PDT by Pollard (Worm Free PureBlood)
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To: Jonty30

Well, at least it doesn’t go to 87000 IRS agents..


14 posted on 09/09/2022 9:00:00 PM PDT by max americana (Fired leftards at work since 2008 at every election just to see them cry. I hate them all.)
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To: SeekAndFind

Consider this prepping for the Sino-surrender.

Note no /s.


15 posted on 09/09/2022 9:00:38 PM PDT by lightman (I am a binary Trinitarian. Deal with it!)
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Only Taiwan?
16 posted on 09/09/2022 9:01:32 PM PDT by lightman (I am a binary Trinitarian. Deal with it!)
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To: SeekAndFind

Too bad they didn’t take all those weapons from Afghanistan


17 posted on 09/09/2022 9:01:43 PM PDT by Tai_Chung
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To: SeekAndFind

The Democrat Party motto: “Anything to hurt America.”


18 posted on 09/09/2022 9:02:44 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire, or both.)
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19 posted on 09/09/2022 9:06:12 PM PDT by csvset (tolerance becomes a crime when attached to evil)
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The first thing they bring up is 16 HIMARS? We have 500. The pentagon said we could send 100 without impacting our readiness. What’s more articles have said we have ramped HIMAR production, because we are sending Ukraine newly produced HIMARS instead of sending them out of our inventory.

One of Moscow Joe’s method of slow walking aid.

I quit reading after that was the first item.


20 posted on 09/09/2022 9:15:42 PM PDT by DannyTN
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