President Biden’s proposed $842 billion defense budget for fiscal year 2024 focuses on countering China in Asia and Russia in Ukraine, but also targets a problem closer to home: U.S. armaments stockpiles that are running low as they strain to keep Ukraine armed against the Russian invaders.
“When it comes to munitions, make no mistake: We are buying to the limits of the industrial base even as we are expanding those limits,” she said. “And, we are continuing to cut through red tape and accelerate timelines.”officials have admitted that U.S. arms manufacturers are struggling to keep Ukraine supplied with ammunition as the clash with Russia has settled into a long-term grinding war of attrition.
“One of the lessons of this war is the very high consumption rates of conventional munitions. We are re-examining our own [stockpiles] and our own plans to make sure that we got it right,” Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley told the Financial Times in an interview last month.A January report by the Center for Strategic and International Studies think tank warned that the U.S.
Deutschland Neuesten Nachrichten, Deutschland Schlagzeilen
Similar News:Sie können auch ähnliche Nachrichten wie diese lesen, die wir aus anderen Nachrichtenquellen gesammelt haben.
Russian advance stalls in Ukraine's Bakhmut, think tank saysKYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia’s advance seems to have stalled in Moscow's campaign to capture the eastern Ukrainian city of Bakhmut , a leading think tank said in an assessment of the longest ground battle of the war .
Weiterlesen »
Russian advance stalls in Ukraine's Bakhmut, think tank saysA leading think tank says Russia’s advance seems to have stalled in Moscow’s campaign to capture the eastern Ukrainian city of Bakhmut.
Weiterlesen »
Russian advance stalls in Ukraine’s Bakhmut, think tank saysRussia's advance seems to have stalled in Moscow's campaign to capture the eastern Ukrainian city of Bakhmut, a leading think tank said in an assessment of the longest ground battle of the war.
Weiterlesen »
Russian advance stalls in Ukraine’s Bakhmut, think tank saysRussia’s advance seems to have stalled in Moscow’s campaign to capture the eastern Ukrainian city of Bakhmut, a leading think tank said in an assessment of the longest ground battle of …
Weiterlesen »