For those with better knowledge of this;
Does the US have plenty of those defensive anti missile missiles queued up and ready to speedily ship to Ukraine to use if only Republicans in Congress would approve the billions?
Do we?
Or is the money partially to help begin/continue trying to make some more so both we and Ukraine have enough?
I thought our neglected manufacturing capacity for these and mony other arms was so low that we cannot make enough for either one to even catch up for years, much less get ahead of the fight?
Supporters of Ukraine have said that most of the money is being spent on American companies.
‘Does the US have plenty of those defensive anti missile missiles queued up and ready to speedily ship to Ukraine to use if only Republicans in Congress would approve the billions?”
No. Total Patriot missile production is 550 per year. Which is being “increased” to 650 per year.
https://www.thedefensepost.com/2024/02/19/lockheed-himars-production-60/?expand_article=1
Total patriot missile production was 10,000 over the last 50 years. It is unknown how many are in inventory, but some would be used every year for training etc.
If the USA goes to war, it will be fighting with 2 patriot missiles a day.