Journalists write that the US military-industrial complex is in bad shape. Therefore, there is not enough supply chain and qualified personnel.
The US defense industry can produce about 14,000 rounds per month for 155mm howitzers. During the period of fierce conflict, the Armed Forces of Ukraine spent the same amount in just 2 days. The Washington Post writes that this was said by US Army Secretary, Christine Wormuth.
The publication writes that the war between Russia and Ukraine shows that trenches and trenches do not just remain in the history books. Although in recent years the American military machine is aimed at counterterrorism and the creation of aviation weapons.
Thus, according to journalists, the United States understood that a non-nuclear war with China or Russia would require a constant, long-term flow of equipment and weapons, which is currently insufficient.
Former US Special Forces adviser Seth Jones said non-nuclear warfare is industrial warfare. According to him, there are serious problems in the US arsenal.
“The US military-industrial complex is in pretty bad shape right now. If you describe China as a “permanent” threat and an “acute” threat from Russia, we can’t last four or five days before we run into war games from precision-guided missiles,” said the expert.
The material says that the US provides Ukraine with air defense systems such as NASAMS and mobile Stinger air defense systems from its warehouses. But of the 6 promised NASAMS, only two have been transferred and the Stinger production lines have been closed for a long time.
Journalists write that manufacturing suffers from the same problems as other industries – inflation, lack of supply chains, lack of skilled and willing workforce, overall backlog after the coronavirus pandemic.
To solve the problem in Europe?
US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin reportedly sees the solution as motivating European countries to more actively ship weapons from their own stockpiles to Ukraine. But the EU is not in good shape either. Thus, Germany delivered to Ukraine a new IRIS-T air defense system, but only one. The other three are yet to be made.
Earlier, Focus wrote that the former NATO commander said that the West should supply Ukraine with ATACMS missiles for attacks against the Russian Federation. According to Philip Breedlove, Western countries are cautious when trying to avoid a nuclear conflict. But such a position reduces the probability of Ukraine’s victory.
It was also reported that Ukrainian technicians’ PzH 2000 self-propelled gun exercises ended in Lithuania. According to journalists, Lithuanian gunners willingly shared their experiences with Ukrainian military technicians, as a common enemy motivated them to work together.
Source: Focus
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