Wednesday, March 13, 2019

Could America Run Out Of Missiles In A War Against Russia And China?

YouTube

David Axe, National Interest: Imagine This: In a War with Russia or China, America Could Run out of 'Ammo'

But not for long: Missiles are everywhere in the U.S. Defense Department's budget proposal for 2020. The emphasis on long-range, guided munitions should please critics of Pentagon's war-planning. Experts have warned that in combat with a high-tech foe, U.S. forces quickly would run out of ammo.

Missiles are everywhere in the U.S. Defense Department's budget proposal for 2020 .

The emphasis on long-range, guided munitions should please critics of Pentagon's war-planning. Experts have warned that in combat with a high-tech foe, U.S. forces quickly would run out of ammo.

"The [fiscal year] 2020 budget funds preferred munitions at the maximum production rate," the office of acting defense secretary Patrick Shanahan stated.

Read more ....

Update: Despite push for future tech, munitions remain major wedge in budget (Defense News)

WNU Editor: Even with this buildup, I can easily see the U.S. going through their missile stockpile very quickly in any major peer-to-peer conflict.

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

Perhaps

Andrew Jackson said...

Of course Russia and China have unlimited supplies! LOL!

Dave Goldstein said...

First hypersonic missiles fly towards us and that will be it, won't have to worry about anything after that.

Bob Huntley said...

I heard a quote attributed to JFK during a war of words when Khrushchev said something along the lines of 'we have the ability to shoot down a fly' and JFK responded with 'we can shoot down a fly too, the question though is, which fly are you going to shoot down?' more or less.

Andrew Jackson said...

And I'm not worried at all hahaha😝