Tuesday, August 16, 2022

U.S. Missiles Sent to Ukraine Aren’t Easily Replaced

Holy crap! This should be bigger news. "The United States has shipped about a third of its existing arsenal of Stinger anti-air and Javelin anti-armor missiles to Ukraine - systems that are not quickly replaced."   The Stinger production line is actually shut down (as of this article's posting in April).

Even with the Javelin, we are probably five years' away from replenishing that stock despite its manufacturing line remaining open.

This is a potential disaster waiting to happen. What if the War in Ukraine continues to drag on and then the Chinese invade Taiwan? Logistically we'd be screwed because someone prioritized green policies and 87,000 more IRS agents? Screw that! Use Title 3 of the Defense Production Act now. 

The military would be much better served worrying more about their missile stockpiles than their correct pronouns.

2 comments:

  1. Anonymous6:27 AM

    It
    Isn't
    An
    Accident

    Gawd, everyone wrings their hands and gnashes their teeth when they realize that action X is going to actually have a deliterious effect on us. Like that part was an accident.

    Wake the fuck up people!!!! They are doing all this on purpose! The stated reason is the side effect, the side effect is the real reason they are doing it.

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  2. Anonymous7:46 AM

    How else will the Military Industrial Complex survive?

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