Whoops, the U.S. Sent So Many Missiles to Ukraine That It Depleted Its Own Stockpiles
Kyle Mizokami
Tue, May 10, 2022, 12:23 PM·4 min read
Daily shipments of U.S. military aid to Ukraine have included thousands of anti-tank and anti-aircraft missiles.
These weapons have made a definite impact on the battlefield, but the shipments have also eaten into U.S. stockpiles of arms reserved for war.
Some of the weapons, particularly the Stinger missile, haven’t been produced for years.
The Pentagon’s response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has been swift and nonstop, delivering thousands of rockets, missiles, small arms, and howitzers since the war began on February 24. The Department of Defense is now becoming a victim of its own success, however, having delivered so many weapons to Ukraine that the shipments have made a visible hole in the U.S. military’s own wartime stockpiles. Officials are already negotiating for brand-new shipments, but some weapons—out of production with no easy way to start building them again—won’t come easy.
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