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Journalists write that the US defense and industrial complex is in poor conditio...

The Armed Forces is shot in 2 days: in the US cannot satisfy Ukraine's request for ammunition - the media

Journalists write that the US defense and industrial complex is in poor condition. Yes, there are not enough supply chains and skilled personnel. The US defense industry can produce about 14,000 shells for 155 mm howitzers per month. During the fierce battles of the Armed Forces, they spent the same in only 2 days. US Minister of Army Kristin Warmut told this, writes The Washington Post.

The publication writes that the war of Russia with Ukraine has shown that trenches and trenches remained not only in history textbooks. Although the American military machine has been fought in recent years and the creation of aerospace weapons. So, according to journalists, in the States realized that a non -nuclear war with China or Russia would require a constant, long -term flow of equipment and weapons that are now missing.

Former US Special Purpose Advisor Seth Jones said a non -nuclear war is an industrial war. According to him, there are serious problems in the state arsenal. "The US defense-industrial complex is now in a fairly poor condition. If you identify China as a" constant "threat and" acute "threat from Russia, we will not last four or five days in military games before we end High -precision missiles, "the expert said.

The material states that the United States has provided Ukraine with air defense, such as NASAMS, as well as mobile SCRS Styinger from its warehouses. However, only two of the promised 6 NASAMS were transferred, and Stinger's production lines have long been closed. Journalists write that production suffers from the same problems as other industries - inflation, lack of supply chains, lack of skilled and those who want to work personnel, general lag after the coronavirus pandemic.

It is reported that US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin sees the decision to motivate Europe to transfer its weapons from its own reserves more actively to Ukraine. However, the European Union is not all right. Yes, Germany handed over a new IRIS-T air defense system to Ukraine, but only one. The other three have not yet been made. Earlier, Focus wrote that the former NATO commander stated that the event should put ATACMS missiles to Ukraine.