Posted on 01/27/2023 7:36:09 PM PST by massmike
The Biden administration administration's plan to send Ukraine a battalion of lethal Abrams tanks will be hampered by the production timeframe and the Pentagon's insistence that it does not have any in surplus, the Defense Department revealed Thursday.
Unlike some of the high-tech weaponry the U.S. has been shipping to Ukraine as part of a multi-billion effort to deter Russia's invasion, the U.S. military does not 'have these tanks available in excess in our U.S. stocks,' deputy Pentagon press secretary Sabrina Singh' told reporters.
The means it could take months before the tanks, which President Biden called the most capable in the world, reach their destination. It is anyone's guess what the state of play in the war will be at that point. The one-year anniversary of Russia's brutal invasion is approaching.
Officials said it could take up to a year before the the Ukrainian military is using Abrams tanks on the ground to try to retake territory captured by the Russians – with fears of a new Russian offensive this spring.
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Our reps should be screaming that we are even thinking of giving them OUR military stock. Plenty of supplies in the EU.
What an effin joke. All the years of insane defense spending, all the “aid” to Ukraine. The spoils of misguided patriotism.
Instead of sending Abrams tanks to Ukraine, Biden should send Stacey Abrams to the Kremlin. Within months, the Kremlin will be facing huge staffing shortages due to people either quitting from stress or being admitted to the insane asylum. Putin will be crying over the phone with Biden, willing to sign any treaty in return for the US taking her back.
I heard today that the production lines are shut down and any M-1 Abrams tanks that are “produced” now are put together from damaged units and spare parts.
They don’t export the version we use with better armor.
So instead of degrading tanks from our stock and shipping them they will hire more people and turn out more M1s from the one factory we build them in.
I’ve read that the problem is that most of ours have depleted uranium armor and highly sensitive electronics that we don’t want going to the other side.
Also hearing that we won’t send any depleted uranium shells for these tanks.
Might be a couple at Sierra Army Depot in Herlong, Ca. Maybe. 🤔👍
Send them some shit my local cops have. They look like tanks and these clowns don’t need them. I think they’ve never seen a manual stick.
Good thing China’s military is as faggy as ours.
Government FUBAR, as usual.
There’s about 2,000 of them in storage in the boneyard.
See post 9. IIRC there are a couple thousand at SAD.
In this case, Biden’s puppeteers hadn’t checked with the Pentagon before setting up the Biden Puppet Show where he shot off his mouth.
Do you write for the Bee?
Do they make electric tanks? Send a bunch of them. Electric tanks are the new tech that will win the wars of the new centuary!! The Centuary belong to the tank of electronicity!
Attack! Repeat! Attack!
Or Charge!
Yeah that’s what the tranny general said. Charge the tank we got 5 miles to go before the next charge. Laser don’t work, cold coffee too.
When we get started, I’m gonna love this civil war.
The lefturds have left this nation essentially defenseless.
They won’t aplopgize for it. They won’t accept criticism for it. It is their plan. It is their goal to see the Us destroyed.
Time to buy BAE stock.
Nope, to be sent to Ukraine.
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