March 22, 2023
Ukraine War Increases Military Spending
"The IfW’s study comes amid the intense fighting between Ukraine and Russia, as the Ukrainian forces are reportedly firing up to 10,000 artillery shells daily."
"The rate at which the ammunition is being consumed in the Ukraine conflict is much faster than the rate of production by the US and NATO."
(Almost like that was the plan all along right?
Go figure.
"They dont fight wars like we do"
I remember somebody sayin...
They gonna stock up themselves first and then bleed you dry yo...
somebody has been tryin to tell ya...
Why else do you think they are spending so much time on Bakhmut? Which is strategically not all that important?)
"As EurAsian Times reported earlier, Ukraine has also run out of Soviet-standard artillery ammunition, which forms around 60% of the country’s arsenal, forcing the Ukrainian military to use more NATO-standard artillery that cannot be produced at a rate necessary to sustain the war."
("As long as it takes." Is what Biden keeps sayin...we dont have that long and our adversaries know it.)
"Furthermore, it is uncertain how long the West can continue supplying Ukraine with ammunition without jeopardizing its security."
"The amount of shells Washington has provided “is probably close to the limit that the United States is willing to give without risk to its warfighting capabilities,” according to Mark Cancian of the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), who previously worked on weapons procurement for the US government."
"CNN reported in February that a key ammunition plant in Scranton, Pennsylvania, is undergoing a massive expansion, funded by millions of dollars in new defense spending from the Pentagon. It entails investment in new advanced machinery, recruitment of additional workforce, and plans to adopt a 24/7 schedule of constant production eventually."
"According to the service’s acquisition chief Doug Bush, the US Army plans to increase artillery shell production by 500%, up from the present rate of 15,000 a month to 70,000."
"The Scranton plant will fulfill much of this increase in artillery production, which accounts for a large share of the country’s supply of artillery shells. As of January, Scranton Army Ammunition Plant is known to produce roughly 11,000 artillery shells monthly."
(Ukraine is going through in a day what we can make in a month. See the issue here? Like every other crisis we face its simply not sustainable.)
"The ammunition stockpiles of other NATO members are also in a precarious state, according to the owner of major arms manufacturer Czechoslovak Group (CSG), Michal Strnad, who told Reuters in an interview in December 2022 that Ukrainian forces were experiencing a shortage of ammunition as Western governments were drawing down from their arsenals amid limits on production capacity."
“Artillery ammunition is very scarce goods today,” Strnad said, adding that he estimates “it will take 10-15 years to refill (Western armies’) stocks” due to the war in Ukraine."
(Almost like somebody had a plan going in huh?)
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