Our money too! Lots and lots of benjamins! Zzzzz & Mrz Zzzzz loves them some Benjamins!
Posted on 01/23/2023 4:43:42 PM PST by JonPreston
WASHINGTON ― The U.S. defense-industrial base is not ready for a battle over Taiwan, as it would run out of key long-range, precision-guided munitions in less than one week, according to a new report by the Center for Strategic and International Studies.
U.S. military aid to Ukraine has helped prevent a Russian victory against the neighboring nation, but that assistance has depleted Pentagon stockpiles and shown that the American defense industry cannot surge for a major war, the think tank found.
“As the war in Ukraine illustrates, a war between major powers is likely to be a protracted, industrial-style conflict that needs a robust defense industry able to produce enough munitions and other weapons systems for a protracted war if deterrence fails,” wrote Seth Jones, senior vice president and director of the international security program at CSIS.
“Given the lead time for industrial production, it would likely be too late for the defense industry to ramp up production if a war were to occur without major changes.”
The report, which spotlights U.S. military aid to Ukraine and criticizes bureaucratic hurdles for defense contracting and U.S. arms sales overseas, recommends Washington reexamine its munitions needs and deepen its supplies, and that it remove regulatory hurdles to manufacturing with and exporting to allies.
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The US has one week of fight in them.
Well played Biden.
No excrement, Mr. Holmes
If this isn’t a green light for China, nothing is.
Let’s give all our stuff to Ukraine.
Given that the US military is the highest vaxxed percentage organization on the planet, worrying about materiel and logistics seems like a waste of time...
It’s an invitation. A present for President XI. Just waiting for a 10% kickback to the Big Guy.
All America has to do is order the military hardware from the ChiComs before starting a war with the ChiComs..... They make everything else that we use.
Deliberate criminal negligence, on the democrat side.
But our DEI Brigade is fully staffed, trained, and rarin’ for a fight. Every man, woman, and questioning knows their pronouns and which latrine to use. You’ve been warned, commies.
This is not something new. During the Cold War, we had approx 6 months for the initial battle against the Soviet Union. The concept was that in a conventional war, that the MIC would be able to re-supply for a long campaign. Today, that would not happen. We are not prepared for a long campaign, and we have been shipping weapons and ordinance to Europe. Not a good time to defend Taiwan
Well duh, the neocons leading our foreign policy are so incredibly stupid it’s embarrassing to me as an American. How did these pinheads ever get into power? It’s just one failure after another yet they continue on the same path. Isn’t that the definition of insanity?
Ya but THE Ukraine is WIIIINNNNNNIIINNNG!
“Let’s give all our stuff to Ukraine”.
The US is disarming itself.
It will take 7 months to re-build our inventory of what we’ve sent to Ukraine.
We couldn’t fight China or Russia if we had to.
Jeez guess we have to give them another 11 gajillion dollars
I am no more in favor of the US military defending Taiwan than Ukraine. Which is to say, not at all.
But more practically, since the Neocons run the show, how far off offshore would our surface ships have to stay to be out of range of Chinese anti-ship missiles? Are we sure enough of our ships’ defenses that we would risk the 5,000 Americans aboard a single carrier?
You're right, of course.
All this talk about Germany wanting US to send Abrams tanks to Ukraine, before they send Leopards? And Demented Joe not sending them? I wouldn't be surprised if we are down to the bone, with absolutely none to spare.
But notice how the Yahoos at Yahoo blame the defense companies for not producing weapons that Biden has not authorized.
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