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South Korea to lend 500,000 rounds of artillery shells to US -report
Reuters via MSN ^ | April 12, 2023 | Hyonhee Shin

Posted on 04/12/2023 3:02:33 PM PDT by McGruff

SEOUL (Reuters) -South Korea has reached an agreement to lend the United States 500,000 rounds of 155mm artillery shells that could give Washington greater flexibility to supply Ukraine with ammunition, a South Korean newspaper reported on Wednesday.

The DongA Ilbo newspaper cited unidentified government sources as saying South Korea decided to "lend" the ammunition instead of selling, to minimise the possibility of South Korean shells being used in the Ukraine conflict.

South Korea's defence ministry said the allies have been exploring ways to support Ukraine but declined to confirm specific discussions.

(Excerpt) Read more at msn.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events
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North Korea must be pleased to hear this.
1 posted on 04/12/2023 3:02:33 PM PDT by McGruff
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This is embarrassing.


2 posted on 04/12/2023 3:06:47 PM PDT by BipolarBob (Not my fault, yer Honor. I went to the Alec Baldwin School of Firearms Handling. )
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To: McGruff

“Lend”....my caboose...


3 posted on 04/12/2023 3:06:51 PM PDT by Sacajaweau ( )
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To: McGruff

We don’t even produce our own munitions anymore!?


4 posted on 04/12/2023 3:07:41 PM PDT by Harpotoo (Being a socialist is a lot easier than having to WORK like the rest of US:-))
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To: McGruff

Why don’t they give them directly to Ukraine if that’s what they want?

Oh, silly question..... Biden wouldn’t get his 10% if it was a direct gift from South Korea and Ukraine.

Duh.


5 posted on 04/12/2023 3:09:31 PM PDT by LegendHasIt
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To: McGruff
My thoughts exactly. I hope the people of the ROK understand that their norhern cousins,and Kim's Chinese puppet masters,are watching Vlad's antics very,very carefully.
6 posted on 04/12/2023 3:09:53 PM PDT by Gay State Conservative (Two Words: BANANA REPUBLIC!)
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To: Harpotoo

Read up on how we trained soldiers in the mid 30s, before we started ramping up for WWII, ‘pathetic’ doesn’t even describe it.


7 posted on 04/12/2023 3:10:02 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: Harpotoo

It takes a long time to smelt a shell casing on an electric stove.


8 posted on 04/12/2023 3:11:17 PM PDT by monkeyshine (live and let live is dead)
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To: McGruff

They would be smarter to save them for the Cbicoms.


9 posted on 04/12/2023 3:11:18 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire, or both.)
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To: BipolarBob

Oh my gosh, now we’re beggars for military equipment and ammo. How pathetically embarrassing, but this is where we are under Biden/Obama and the Democrats.


10 posted on 04/12/2023 3:13:29 PM PDT by Obadiah
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To: McGruff

I could use a few cases of PMC .45 and 5.56mm ammo. Think they’ll lend that to me?

Maybe if I ask really nice. Pretty please, with sugar on top.

L


11 posted on 04/12/2023 3:14:06 PM PDT by Lurker ( Peaceful coexistence with the Left is not possible. Stop pretending that it is.)
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> This is embarrassing.

There is nothing wrong with accepting foreign military aid from former 3rd world countries.


12 posted on 04/12/2023 3:14:26 PM PDT by glorgau
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To: Obadiah

No telling how much we left in Afghanistan.


14 posted on 04/12/2023 3:18:23 PM PDT by RushIsMyTeddyBear
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To: glorgau

No, it’s not that. It’s how did we get into this situation to start with? Did we plan to fail? Or fail to plan?


15 posted on 04/12/2023 3:18:54 PM PDT by BipolarBob (Not my fault, yer Honor. I went to the Alec Baldwin School of Firearms Handling. )
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To: McGruff

Ukraine will go through that, with their terrible targeting, in about three days.


16 posted on 04/12/2023 3:19:14 PM PDT by ConservativeMind (Trump: Befuddling Democrats, Republicans, and the Media for the benefit of the US and all mankind.)
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To: McGruff

This is abandonment of a strategic ally in favor of criminals.


17 posted on 04/12/2023 3:19:24 PM PDT by Mariner (War Criminal #18)
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To: BipolarBob

> Did we plan to fail? Or fail to plan?

Yes.


18 posted on 04/12/2023 3:21:12 PM PDT by glorgau
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To: glorgau

lmao


19 posted on 04/12/2023 3:24:43 PM PDT by AAABEST ( NY/DC/CA media/political/military industrial complex DELENDA EST)
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“South Korea to lend 500,000 rounds of artillery shells to US -report”

Sounds like North Korea won’t need to even use their nukes to take South Korea.


20 posted on 04/12/2023 3:24:52 PM PDT by BobL
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