There are fears that the U.S. may soon be unable to supply Ukraine with certain types of munitions necessary for Ukraine's war against Russian aggression because the supplies are being used up faster than reinforcements are being delivered. happening from
According to the AFP news agency, since the invasion of Russia in February this year, the United States has become the largest supplier of arms to Ukraine.
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Mark Keynesian of the Center for Strategic and International Studies wrote in a recent analysis that U.S. stockpiles of some equipment are "nearing minimum levels needed for war planning and training."
A U.S. military official, speaking on condition of anonymity, admitted that the U.S. is "learning lessons" from problems with munitions requirements in a major power war, which are "much larger" than expected.
It should be noted that the American defense companies have drastically reduced their production after the collapse of the Soviet Union in the 1990s. After which there was a clear decrease in the number and quantity of his weapons.
Now the U.S. government will have to convince its defense weapons industry to reopen and resume production of items such as the Stinger anti-aircraft missile. These are the missiles that are not built after 2020.
Some U.S. weapons supplied to Ukraine have figured prominently in the war, such as Javelin anti-tank weapons, which were widely used by Ukrainian forces to thwart Russian advances on the capital.
Apart from this, the 'Hamaris' rocket system is now proving to be effective in this war in retaliatory operations against Russian troops in the east and south.
There is no alternative
But the Himars, which fire GPS-guided rockets known as GMLRS, have a range of more than 80 km. Its stock is rapidly depleting.
Mark Keynesian said that if the United States sent a third of the Hummares it has to Ukraine, Ukraine would get eight to 10 thousand rockets. These reinforcements will probably last for a few months, but when these weapons are gone, there will be no replacement.
The United States has supplied Ukraine with about 8,500 Javelin missiles, but the production of a weapon (the Javelin missile) that has become a symbol of Ukrainian resistance is only 1,000 per year.
