The U.S. has transferred tens of thousands of its bombs and shells to Israel since Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack.
But it hasn’t given Israel everything it wants. That’s because the U.S. military lacks the capacity to provide some of the weapons Israel requested, according to Gen. CQ Brown, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
In addition to Israel, the Biden administration has sent an enormous quantity of materiel to Ukraine since Russia’s 2022 invasion. Meanwhile, the U.S. is gearing up to rush an influx of arms to Taiwan in hopes of deterring a possible Chinese attack on the island, which Beijing considers a rogue province.
“Pre-Ukraine, we had munitions requirements that were in almost every important case — particularly for the Indo-Pacific — not even close to being met,” a Republican congressional staffer told Defense News, speaking on the condition of anonymity due to the sensitivity of the topic. “For the most important [Indo-Pacific] munitions, we haven’t hit the total munitions requirement.”
@ISIDEWITH2wks2W
How does the prospect of the U.S. running out of bombs affect your personal views on international military aid and involvement?
@9M4CZB82wks2W
The U.S. needs to stop giving Israel anything because they are commiting genocide, but Ukraine is under attack, they are trying to defend themselves so we need to help. Israel is obviously able to defend themselves considering they don't stop bombing and killing innocent civilians.
@9M3YMBG 2wks2W
It would lead me to believe that we have exhausted a surplus of bombs to the war effort for 2 countries.
@9M43RTH2wks2W
Stop sending money to other countries! Continue spending in Ukraine because of the scale of the Russian attacks, but decrease it significantly. Stop funding Israel because what they are doing in Palestine is genocide.
@9M42N692wks2W
it just remins me that the USA need to mind they business but I do understand that we have to protect ukraine
Solution: give Ukraine more of our ammo.
What could go wrong?
@NiftyEggsRepublican2wks2W
Ironically, that is the solution.
Upscaling and distributing our munitions production capabilities is exponentially more valuable than stockpiling what is ultimately a sliver of our old munitions while not addressing gaping production-side issues.
That is exactly what China intended: bleeding the US to death.
They created hotspots all around the world, the drain our strategic oil reserve, and deplete our munitions.
@SparklingVotingPatriot2wks2W
Worlds highest defense budget by far and they can't maintain enough ammo. Meanwhile Russia has ammo to burn.
@DearChoughTranshumanist2wks2W
You mean the US empire has made classic mistake of empire in its greed and lust for hegemony and spread itself and its war racket so thin it can't keep up.
@Equ4lRightsIkeSocialist2wks2W
You mean you have given too many bombs to Israel to drop on children in Gaza you war criminals! Stop killing kids! Is it really that hard to stop killing kids? "Defence" is on US shore, not the other side of the planet!!!
Get out of foreign wars. Make enough
Weapons to defend ourselves from everyone else. What we have been doing is not working. Be a force for good in the world. Render humanitarian aid for natural disasters and human suffering. We can’t fight or supply weapons for the world. We have become a destructive force.
@9M3KX4YRepublican2wks2W
This story is most likely an exaggeration of a statement. The United States has the most military spending in the world, so it is extremely unlikely that we are running out of ammunition. Even if we are, the United States has the capabilities to manufacture more.
@ISIDEWITH2wks2W
Should the decision to send bombs and military aid be influenced more by political alliances or humanitarian concerns?
@9M3RRBH2wks2W
Forget Israel. Help Ukraine. Israel can just stop the war. Ukraine needs help, and we should help Palestine.
@ISIDEWITH2wks2W
What are the moral implications of transferring large quantities of weapons to conflict zones?
@9M2BBX5Republican2wks2W
The U.S. giving a conflict zone missiles to fight a war can only mean that the place means good to us.
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