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U.S. tells Ukraine it won’t send long-range missiles because it has few to spare
Yahoo News ^ | 2/13/23 | Paul McLeary, Lara Seligman, Alexander Ward

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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TOPICS: News/Current Events; Russia
KEYWORDS: neocons4biden; no; sale; ukraine; zelenskyworshippers
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1 posted on 02/13/2023 4:22:00 PM PST by JonPreston
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NATO Allies Would Run Out of Ammo Within Days of War With Russia: Report
2 posted on 02/13/2023 4:25:12 PM PST by JonPreston
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To: JonPreston

Putin has graciously offered to send us a few.


3 posted on 02/13/2023 4:25:22 PM PST by BipolarBob (The rumor has not been confirmed until the FBI officially denies it.)
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To: BipolarBob

at hypersonic speed :)


4 posted on 02/13/2023 4:26:48 PM PST by JonPreston
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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.


5 posted on 02/13/2023 4:30:08 PM PST by MeganC (There is nothing feminine about feminism. )
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To: JonPreston

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.


6 posted on 02/13/2023 4:30:45 PM PST by rarestia (“A nation which can prefer disgrace to danger is prepared for a master, and deserves one.” -Hamilton)
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oh wait . . . maybe he meant it that way. Here I was just thinking he was being nice.


7 posted on 02/13/2023 4:30:54 PM PST by BipolarBob (The rumor has not been confirmed until the FBI officially denies it.)
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To: MeganC

You’ve been wrong about everything dear, this is no exception.


8 posted on 02/13/2023 4:33:24 PM PST by JonPreston
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To: JonPreston

More evidence that the Dems defense cuts have left us vulnerable.


9 posted on 02/13/2023 4:33:54 PM PST by Brilliant
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The Republicans want everything and all money for Ukraine now and forever

So the Republicans get all the Military and Aid Money by signing onto the crazy Woke Change-America spending.

All the crazy Left Goodies and woke Projects get Billions in the Ukraine bills.


Lindsey, Tim Scott, and McConnell will offer the WH more money to Cities and more Leftist Goodies, if they sign off on the missiles.


Wait eight months, and the Republicans claim they never read the Bill.




10 posted on 02/13/2023 4:35:16 PM PST by AnthonySoprano (Statute of Limitations is going to elapse on Hunter Biden )
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To: All
86-E30-FC1-9-B65-477-B-8-F9-A-DFA5593-D80-C8


It’s coming, they only have to settle on a Price.


$$$$$$$$$ all around!



11 posted on 02/13/2023 4:37:04 PM PST by AnthonySoprano (Statute of Limitations is going to elapse on Hunter Biden )
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To: Brilliant
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.

12 posted on 02/13/2023 4:37:55 PM PST by JonPreston
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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


13 posted on 02/13/2023 4:39:41 PM PST by delta7
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I’m right that you’re nothing at all like Adolf Hitler.

Hitler knew when to kill himself.


14 posted on 02/13/2023 4:40:51 PM PST by MeganC (There is nothing feminine about feminism. )
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To: MeganC

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.


15 posted on 02/13/2023 4:42:23 PM PST by delta7
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To: MeganC

There, there dear. Take some midol and eat some bon bons. You’ll be fine in a few days.


16 posted on 02/13/2023 4:44:26 PM PST by JonPreston
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To: delta7

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.


17 posted on 02/13/2023 4:44:46 PM PST by MeganC (There is nothing feminine about feminism. )
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To: JonPreston

Many Re-Animator sockpuppets are saddened.


18 posted on 02/13/2023 4:46:42 PM PST by kiryandil (China Joe and Paycheck Hunter - the Chink in America's defenses)
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To: JonPreston

Someone should tell her that the non-existent American tanks can’t cross Ulrainian bridges...


19 posted on 02/13/2023 4:47:39 PM PST by kiryandil (China Joe and Paycheck Hunter - the Chink in America's defenses)
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To: kiryandil

sad and angry. man, are they angry :P


20 posted on 02/13/2023 4:48:54 PM PST by JonPreston
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