Posted on 02/13/2023 4:22:00 PM PST by JonPreston
The Biden administration has given its Ukrainian counterparts another reason for not sending them much-wanted long-range missiles: The U.S. is concerned it wouldn’t have enough for itself.
In recent meetings at the Pentagon, U.S. officials told Kyiv’s representatives that it doesn’t have any Army Tactical Missile Systems to spare, according to four people with knowledge of the talks. Transferring ATACMS to the battlefield in eastern Europe would dwindle America’s stockpiles and harm the U.S. military’s readiness for a future fight, the people said.
That worry, along with the administration’s existing concern that Ukraine would use the 190-mile range missiles to attack deep inside Russian territory and cross what the Kremlin has said is a red line, is why the U.S. isn’t shipping ATACMS to the frontlines any time soon.
The Pentagon’s assessment of its stockpiles is informed in part by how many weapons and munitions planners think they might need to confront an enemy. Those plans have not been significantly revised since the start of the war in Ukraine, and have not recalibrated what the stockpiles the U.S. might need in reserve to face a weakened Russia, or account for the fact that Ukraine is essentially fighting that war right now.
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Putin has graciously offered to send us a few.
at hypersonic speed :)
Hmm. We said we wouldn’t send our tanks just before we sent our tanks.
Then we said we wouldn’t send our fighters all while we’re training the Ukrainians to fly our fighters.
Now we say we won’t send long range missiles? Yup, I’d give that anywhere between 30 and 90 days before it’s revealed we’ve sent them.
I want to believe we’re not stupid enough to telegraph our lack of military readiness, but I have less than zero respect for the abject morons we have in DC.
We are so screwed.
oh wait . . . maybe he meant it that way. Here I was just thinking he was being nice.
You’ve been wrong about everything dear, this is no exception.
More evidence that the Dems defense cuts have left us vulnerable.
All the more reason not to give away our material to a megalomaniac posing as Winston Churchill.
at hypersonic speed :)
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Excellent. Also be aware the US most recent military welfare program did not include the Javelins and Stingers, presumably because we have exhausted/ depleted our supplies….much the same with EU stocks of weapons.
Time for the welfare nation of Ukraine to grow up, start thinking about surviving as a nation and get negotiating. Do remember how senile Joe turned his back on Afghanistan….the corrupted little beggar Zelensky should study recent history and realize the US has a history of throwing their “ Allies” to the wolves.
Just a matter of time:
Ukraine 1991-2023 RIP
I’m right that you’re nothing at all like Adolf Hitler.
Hitler knew when to kill himself.
Hmm. We said we wouldn’t send our tanks just before we sent our tanks.
Then we said we wouldn’t send our fighters all while we’re training the Ukrainians to fly our fighters.
Now we say we won’t send long range missiles? Yup, I’d give that anywhere between 30 and 90 days before it’s revealed we’ve sent them.
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Same same with sending US troops……NATO is a paper tiger, and they know it.
There, there dear. Take some midol and eat some bon bons. You’ll be fine in a few days.
If NATO is a paper tiger then why do you get all excited about NATO expansion?
Myself, I’m looking forward to Belarus joining NATO after Lukashenko dies or is killed.
Many Re-Animator sockpuppets are saddened.
Someone should tell her that the non-existent American tanks can’t cross Ulrainian bridges...
sad and angry. man, are they angry :P
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