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2023-07-06 Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia

'Arsenal of Democracy' is empty: Ukraine broke the American military-industrial complex

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Posted by badanov 2023-07-06 00:00|| || Front Page|| [14 views ] Top

#1 Load of cr@p. Some munitions are in short supply, but US troops don’t use a lot of Javelins or artillery anyway. Stingers are obsolete, and mothballed armor was never going to be used.

Posted by Hupolunter de Medici7308 2023-07-06 05:25|| 2023-07-06 05:25|| Front Page Top

#2 ...We slit our own throats 30 years ago with the drawdowns - and it wasn't so much losing the troops as it was losing the support infrastructure. The Army ammunition plants, the Navy Yards/Shipyards, and the consolidation of the aircraft and overall defense industries - that's what's hurt.

The losses in a potential conflict with China will be the things of genuine nightmares. The Navy could be broken beyond help for decades, the USAF could lose most of its aircraft in the Pacific on the ground, and the ground forces would be fed into the kind of meatgrinder that hasn't been seen by US forces since WWII. And the official response is - IMHO - kabuki.

Mike

Posted by MikeKozlowski 2023-07-06 06:53|| 2023-07-06 06:53|| Front Page Top

#3 Well, if the plan is to surrender to the Chicoms, might as well turn that ordnance into boodle before the final capitulation.

Posted by M. Murcek 2023-07-06 07:19|| 2023-07-06 07:19|| Front Page Top

#4 Truth. Federal arsenals closed. Foreign suppliers (especially communist China for crying out loud!) depended on for critical parts because they were the cheapest bidder. If it wasn't for greed and/or stupidity you would assign it to malice.

Posted by magpie 2023-07-06 10:30|| 2023-07-06 10:30|| Front Page Top

#5 as planned...

Posted by 746 2023-07-06 11:34|| 2023-07-06 11:34|| Front Page Top

#6 What? You expected that the likes of Joe Biden could be trusted not to miscalculate?

Posted by Abu Uluque 2023-07-06 13:12|| 2023-07-06 13:12|| Front Page Top

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