Looking especially for one of these big BB gunz.
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| China-Japan-Koreas |
| Sale Of the Century In South Korea |
| 2008-10-11 |
| October 10, 2008: South Korea is buying 250,000 tons of American munitions, at 87 percent of the original cost. That's because the U.S. no longer needs the ammo, spare parts and replacement weapons, and most of it is over ten years old anyway. These supplies comprise about half the 600,000 ton War Reserve Stocks that the United States began assembling in South Korea back in the early 1980s. This was to provide a 60 day supply of ammo for U.S. and South Korean forces, in the event of a North Korean attack. It would take over a month for fresh supplies to begin arriving from elsewhere. |
| Posted by:3dc |
| #8 Ner mind, over taken by previosity. |
| Posted by: .5MT 2008-10-11 19:16 |
| #7 Sorks got that Just-In-Time deal working Doc. Dun be so critical. |
| Posted by: .5MT 2008-10-11 19:15 |
| #6 Just in time supply chain. |
| Posted by: lotp 2008-10-11 16:05 |
| #5 The article notes that the SKors only stock a 10 day supply of ammo. That's real military genius given the neighborhood they live in ... |
| Posted by: Steve White 2008-10-11 12:41 |
| #4 at 87 percent off the original cost. Hopefully it's dawning of the South Koreans that the era of automatically expecting the Americans to take care of any problems is over. |
| Posted by: ed 2008-10-11 09:41 |
| #3 This way we don't have to ship it back when we leave. |
| Posted by: Nimble Spemble 2008-10-11 09:29 |
| #2 Obamessiah peace dividend? |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2008-10-11 09:23 |
| #1 The US may not need 'em but I need 'em. Gimme a crack at the good stuff. Looking especially for one of these big BB gunz. |
| Posted by: .5MT 2008-10-11 08:18 |