Posted on 03/21/2023 11:36:39 AM PDT by ChicagoConservative27
The Pentagon is accelerating the delivery of Abrams tanks to Ukraine by sending refurbished older models, cutting the timeline for when they could reach the battlefield from two years to several months, according to reports on Tuesday.
The Biden administration pledged in January to send 31 advanced new M1 Abrams tanks to Ukraine, reversing months of reluctance to supply Kyiv with the armored vehicles because they are hard to operate and maintain.
But the new tanks would have taken a year or more to build and ship.
Officials then opted for using older versions that will be taken from Army stocks, refurbished and deployed to Ukraine in as soon as eight to 10 months.
White House National Security Council spokesman John Kirby on Tuesday morning confirmed that Pentagon officials were trying to find a way to get the tanks to Ukraine faster than had been expected
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We have a winner LOL
2 Years?? Pedo Joe is actually expecting thisβwarβ to go on for at least 2 more years. What an unholy mess.
There are only 7 AN-124s operational, at most, and they lift 132 tons
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It will.
Why can’t we make a lot of little one man tanks like the Japs had in WW2? Think they would come in pretty handy.
Sorry to hear about your mother, RIP. Welding in confined spaces is very toxic.
The US has over 2300 M1A1’s in reserve(!) storage. Where else would the US even use them / need them?
(and they lift 132 tons)
Well then, they won’t be capable of moving that other Abrams......ππ¬π€£
Yep
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“She was a big woman! BIG!!” (Jimmy Castor)
Better inspect the entire airframe after that flight.
“Maybe the F-1 engine from the Saturn 5 can be built again”
Not a chance.
Many of my rocket designs for satellite launches use mothballed Russian engines cause they are inexpensive and reliable.
They lost the schematics for the F-1
That is not all they ‘lost’
Or old crown vics.π€¨
Or they stuck a hose up her clymer and filled her full of helium.π
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