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Navy Secretary Warns U.S. May Run Out of Weapons for Its Defense
Newsweek ^ | 1/11/23 | NICK MORDOWANEC

Posted on 01/11/2023 12:51:03 PM PST by JonPreston

Within the next six months, the United States Navy may need to decide whether to arm itself or Ukraine due to a reported weapons shortage.

Weisberger tweeted that although the bulk of American weapons given to Ukraine are land weapons and not naval weapons, Del Toro's concerns are shared by others.

His comments follow concerns expressed by James G. Stavridis, a retired U.S. Navy admiral who formerly served as the NATO supreme allied commander for Europe from 2009 to 2013, over the weekend.

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TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: carlosdeltoro; jamesstavridis; navy; ukraine; ukraineuberalles; warlobbyist
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To: gleeaikin

Not in defense of the Yellow hordes…but MacArthur was talking about nuking them as our troops approached the Yalu.

They were not invading Korea to take territory.

I am sorry your husband suffered. My Dad was a combat vet from that war.

Regardless of our personal feelings of that war, it was not a war of Chinese aggression.


81 posted on 01/11/2023 4:12:08 PM PST by Vermont Lt
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To: ought-six
What naval assets has the US provided to Ukraine?

Defense spending that now won't be there for the Navy.

82 posted on 01/11/2023 4:14:52 PM PST by Drew68 (Ron DeSantis for President 2024)
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To: Drew68

This ASSHAT should be hung as a traitor for giving away information like this.


83 posted on 01/11/2023 4:21:11 PM PST by SteelPSUGOP
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To: Drew68; ought-six; Vermont Lt; Widget Jr; All

We provided missiles which sank Russias biggest ship on the Black Sea and helped take back Snake Island so it could not be used by Russia to try to attack Odessa. There have also been some small, unusual semi-torpedo craft used to sink some small war vessels.


84 posted on 01/11/2023 4:29:52 PM PST by gleeaikin (Question authority!)
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To: SteelPSUGOP
This ASSHAT should be hung as a traitor for giving away information like this.

Giving away what information?

That we're diminishing our military-readiness by sending everything over to Ukraine?

Don't think that's a secret.

85 posted on 01/11/2023 4:37:30 PM PST by Drew68 (Ron DeSantis for President 2024)
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To: FtrPilot

A competent Navy keeps a weather eye on land war issues. Who do you think has to transport major units? And support invasions. And a competent Army pays attention to sea concerns. There’s nothing odd about the Navy getting concerned about the Army’s stockpiles. Especially since the Marines will have to come clean up the mess.


86 posted on 01/11/2023 4:37:58 PM PST by Seruzawa ("The Political left is the Garden of Eden of incompetence" - Marx the Smarter (Groucho))
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To: gleeaikin

“We provided missiles which sank Russias biggest ship on the Black Sea and helped take back Snake Island so it could not be used by Russia to try to attack Odessa.”

According to the reports I read, the Moskva was hit by Ukrainian Neptune missiles. The RK-360MC Neptun is a Ukrainian anti-ship missile system. It was developed by Luch design bureau. Luch is a major Ukrainian developer of components for the defense industry.


87 posted on 01/11/2023 4:55:25 PM PST by ought-six (Multiculturalism is national suicide, and political correctness is the cyanide capsule. )
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To: Vermont Lt; ought-six; PIF; Widget Jr; Williams; dennisw; All

North Korea and South Korea were not China. We were definitely fighting Chinese troops in North Korea, and since my husband spoke a lot about the Chosin Reservoir, that may be where he experienced Chinese wave attack combat. He also fought a lot during the 2 years of “peace” negotiations near Seoul in S. Korea.

https://billofrightsinstitute.org/essays/the-korean-war-and-the-battle-of-chosin-reservoir

Here is a very detailed history of that war which killed around 3 million people. Looking at other sites it appears a little under 200,000 Chinese were killed on Korean land, and not quite 400,000 Chinese wounded there. I was surprised at the major influence of Russia in this war which makes me that much more committed to the idea of helping Ukraine win.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_War

China eventually retreated back to Chinese land, but I hardly considere N. Korea free of Chinese influence and control. A little like Belarus and Russia.


88 posted on 01/11/2023 5:23:20 PM PST by gleeaikin (Question authority!)
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To: Vermont Lt

The Secretary of the Navy is worrying about weapons for the USMC.


89 posted on 01/11/2023 5:42:03 PM PST by damper99
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To: Vermont Lt

“Also, if it’s part of China, as YOU seem to believe it is”

Either Alinsky #13, or you’re such an ignorant oaf that you don’t even know that Taiwan is part of China.


90 posted on 01/11/2023 5:45:37 PM PST by BobL
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

Well since we can’t be invaded or subdued in a war (nor could China, Russia, India, or really any nuclear power) the amount we spend on “defense” is a bit extreme anyway. We could topple China by simply treating them the way we did the Soviet Union. No trade and minimal diplomatic ties. The starving rural hordes will take care of them for us after their economy collapses. Why 6-7 billion people kowtow to 1 billion Chinese peoples’ every whim is beyond ridiculous.


91 posted on 01/11/2023 6:17:16 PM PST by WalkerinSC
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To: JonPreston
Definitely run out of fuel / oil.
92 posted on 01/11/2023 6:54:53 PM PST by wardamneagle
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To: glorgau
"Always got to have enough on hand for whatever war of opportunity comes along."

Not if you are carter, clinton or obiden.
93 posted on 01/11/2023 7:39:49 PM PST by clearcarbon (Fraudulent elections have consequences.)
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To: WalkerinSC; ought-six; Vermont Lt; All

Actually, China is more like a billion three, but who’s counting. China is doing a fairly good job of collapsing its own economy. First a shutdown so severe there were literally people starving because they could not shop. Then throwing everything wide open with few cautions, and lots of sick and hospitalized people. The Chinese government and economics is also sending foreign business to other countries in Asia in substantial quantities.


94 posted on 01/11/2023 9:58:50 PM PST by gleeaikin (Question authority!)
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To: Vermont Lt; BobL; ought-six; All

Actually Chinese don’t speak Chinese. They mostly speak Mandarin or Cantonese, except for dozens of other languages spoken by other small groups. Kind of like Mexico when I studied some Nahuatl (Aztec language) spoken by 1/2 million Mexicans, as I learned in my linguistics class. Or like the village of some 500 to 1000 people I rode to six miles on horseback, near Zan Cristobal de las Casas in southern Mexico. When we went to ask the Mayor (alcalde) for permission to walk around his thatched hut village, we discovered he and his two deputies were the only Spanish speakers in the village. That village spoke a Mayan dialect.


95 posted on 01/11/2023 10:19:41 PM PST by gleeaikin (Question authority!)
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