Pentagon Rushing To Replace Thousands Of U.S.-Made Javelin And Stinger Missiles Pulled From European And American Stockpiles For Use In Ukraine

Politico: Pentagon scrambles to replenish weapons stocks sent to Ukraine  

Lawmakers want the U.S. to make more missiles, but companies will wait until they have contracts before cranking up production. 

The Pentagon is rushing to replace thousands of U.S.-made Javelin and Stinger missiles pulled from European and American stockpiles for use in Ukraine. But the multibillion-dollar effort is still waiting on the military and defense industry to figure out how to ramp up production quickly. 

 Congress has declared it’s all-in on the restocking effort, forking over $3.5 billion to the Pentagon this month alone as part of a $1.5 trillion government spending package. What’s still unclear is how and when the Pentagon will spend that money. 

The exact number of Javelins and Stingers sent to Ukraine is difficult to estimate since most countries have been vague about the size of their contribution. But open-source data indicates the U.S. has sent about 1,400 Stingers and 4,600 Javelins. Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia also pulled from their own stockpiles, along with 200 Stingers from the Netherlands and 500 from Germany. Several European countries have also sent thousands of their own shoulder-launched anti-armor weapons to aid in the fight.  

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