American Military News by Marcus Weisgerber - Defense One April 15, 2022
Pentagon officials are talking to the leaders of America’s largest defense firms about ways to replenish the U.S. military’s weapon stockpiles, which are being raided to assist Ukrainian forces.
As the U.S moves to send Ukraine more sophisticated and more lethal weaponry, Deputy Defense Secretary Kathleen Hicks met with defense CEOs at the Pentagon on Wednesday to figure out how quickly companies could resupply these arms.
“We wanted to make sure that we had a good, honest, candid discussion with these CEOs, about the systems that they’re producing, about the rate at which they’re being produced, about the possibility for accelerating some of those production lines and expanding them, based on the heavy draw on our inventory to support Ukraine,” Pentagon Press Secretary John Kirby said at a Wednesday briefing.
The Pentagon has been raiding its weapon stockpiles to send anti-tank and anti-aircraft weapons to Ukrainian forces trying to fend off a Russian invasion for nearly two months. The Biden administration on Wednesday announced a new $800 million weapons package for Ukraine that includes howitzers, helicopters, drones, and uncrewed coastal defense vessels.
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