US WEAPONS STOCKPILE AFFECTED BY WAR: AP

Thu 24 November 2022:

With the US aiding Ukraine in the war with Ukraine, the Pentagon is rethinking its weapons stockpiles.

Much of Ukraine’s firepower is being supplied through US government-funded weapons pushed almost weekly to the front lines.

But, US defence production lines aren’t scaled to supply a major land war, with some lines, like the Stinger anti-aircraft missiles, previously shut down.

On Wednesday, the Biden administration announced an additional round of aid that will provide 20 million more rounds of small arms ammunition to Kyiv.

“We’ve not been in a position where we’ve got only a few days of some critical munition left,” Pentagon comptroller Michael McCord told reporters this month.

“But we are now supporting a partner who is.”

The Pentagon this month announced a $14.4m contract to speed production of new HIMARS to replenish its stocks.

“This conflict has revealed that munitions production in the United States and with our allies is likely insufficient for major land wars,” said Ryan Brobst, an analyst at the Center on Military and Political Power at the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies, told The Associated Press.

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