Is helping Ukraine reducing US preparedness, security?

[mystery-ak]

 Is helping Ukraine reducing US preparedness, security?
by Ellen Mitchell and Brad Dress - 01/28/23 12:00 PM ET

Questions are mounting as to how long the United States can continue to supply Ukraine from its own weapons stockpiles without hindering its own security. 

With more than $27 billion in weapons committed to Kyiv since the start of Russia’s Feb. 24, 2022, attack on the country, Washington shows no sign of slowing down on shipping munitions and other lethal aid overseas.

But experts question what that might mean for U.S. military readiness should another conflict arise with China in the near future, with a U.S. defense industry that is far behind where it needs to be to account for a major war.

That concern is merited, according to a new report by the Center for Strategic and International Studies, which found that the U.S. defense-industrial base is ill-prepared for Washington to enter a fight with Beijing over Taiwan’s independence, in addition to aiding Kyiv. 

Among the most alarming points in the report was the estimate that the U.S. military would run out of critical long-range, precision-guided munitions within a week should China start a fight in the Taiwan Strait. 

The war in Ukraine has “exposed serious deficiencies in the U.S. defense industrial base,” according to Seth Jones, the report’s author. 

“Given the lead time for industrial production, it would likely be too late for the defense industry to ramp up production if a war were to occur without major changes,” he said.

The estimate as to how long the U.S. can continue to pull from its own weapons stocks and how fast defense firms can refill them has been a topic of discussion since shortly after the war began.

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https://thehill.com/policy/defense/3832541-is-helping-ukraine-reducing-us-preparedness-security/

[Hoodat]

Putting Joe Biden in the White House is what is reducing US preparedness and security.

[DCPatriot]

Putting Joe Biden in the White House is what is reducing US preparedness and security.

Why not simply answer the question??

Your Ukraine position isn't part of the equation.  Nobody should even mention it.

Likewise, let's leave Biden out of it, because, well...Lindsey Graham!

Our entire nation has indeed been "Transformed", since January 20th, 2009.

...right under our noses!

The real question....is Barack Obama the Antichist?

A legitimate question, since looking at the differences...our country has already been destroyed.

All purposefully.

[Hoodat]

Why not simply answer the question??

OK.  No, and no.

[DCPatriot]

OK.  No, and no.

I look at the installed leadership(s).  All deliberate in-your-face homosexual or lesbian, etc..  Since 2009.

Like the recent meme seen earlier said.
"By now we'd be stacking bodies"

[Right_in_Virginia]

Is helping Ukraine reducing US preparedness, security?

Of course it is.

The real question is:. Why do so few of our "leaders" and their minions care?

[Hoodat]

Of course it is.

How is our preparedness and security being reduced?  Please be specific.  Because the way I see it, keeping Ukrainian oil and gas fields out of Russian hands enhances our security by weakening Russia's economic hold over Western Europe.  And our preparedness is being improved by ramping up new production of equipment, gauging what equipment is needed in a new phase of war, and the gain of intelligence in regard to Russian equipment, tactics, and capabilities.  So let's hear your explanation.

[berdie]

jmho, But the Dems have historically destroyed the military.

So what is new?

[DB]

Actually...

The US weapons makers are getting to test their weapons in an actual war with a much more advanced opponent. They get to see how the Russians go about countering them and then making adjustments to make them better.

If anything is a deterrent to China invading Taiwan what's going on in Ukraine is it. Had Russia successfully taken Ukraine in short order and the rest of the world gone ho-hum about it that would have been a big green light for China to make its move. China taking Taiwan would be Armageddon to the technology industry and in turn our economy.

[Timber Rattler]

Actually...

The US weapons makers are getting to test their weapons in an actual war with a much more advanced opponent. They get to see how the Russians go about countering them and then making adjustments to make them better.

If anything is a deterrent to China invading Taiwan what's going on in Ukraine is it. Had Russia successfully taken Ukraine in short order and the rest of the world gone ho-hum about it that would have been a big green light for China to make its move. China taking Taiwan would be Armageddon to the technology industry and in turn our economy.

Yes indeed.  We're also clearing out really old obsolete stuff that's been in stockpiles for ages, making way for the new weapons and ordnance technology that will be developed based on the analyses and data collected from the Ukrainian battlespaces.

Use them or lose them!

[Smokin Joe]

Why not simply answer the question??

Your Ukraine position isn't part of the equation.  Nobody should even mention it.

Likewise, let's leave Biden out of it, because, well...Lindsey Graham!

Our entire nation has indeed been "Transformed", since January 20th, 2009.

...right under our noses!

The real question....is Barack Obama the Antichist?

A legitimate question, since looking at the differences...our country has already been destroyed.

All purposefully.

“We are five days away from fundamentally transforming the United States of America.”

So declared Barack Obama in Columbia, Missouri, on Oct. 30, 2008,

from: How Barack Obama Fundamentally Transformed the United States
by Paul Kengor
https://www.ncregister.com/news/how-barack-obama-fundamentally-transformed-the-united-states

(The whole article at the link is worth reading).