US Munitions Stockpile Too Low to Defend in War Over Taiwan: Officials

[Timber Rattler]

https://www.theepochtimes.com/in-depth-us-munitions-stockpile-too-low-to-defend-in-war-over-taiwan_5309368.html?utm_source=partner&utm_campaign=ZeroHedge&src_src=partner&src_cmp=ZeroHedge

As Russian paratroopers descended on Kyiv and attempted to seize Antonov Airport, U.S. officials offered Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy a lifeline. Western leaders could guarantee him safe passage if he fled immediately.

Zelenskyy famously retorted that he needed ammunition, “not a ride.”

In the 15 months since, the United States has spent tens of billions of dollars giving Zelenskyy and embattled Ukraine just that. Now, officials say, the nation has depleted its own stores of critical munitions so severely that it would likely be incapable of fighting a major war.

Army Secretary Christine Wormuth has said that U.S. munitions production capacity is pushed to the “absolute edge.”

Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Mark Milley has said that the nation “has a long ways to go” to replenish its sorely depleted stockpiles.

One unnamed Pentagon official allegedly told The Wall Street Journal that the nation’s stores of critical artillery rounds were “uncomfortably low” as early as August 2022.

The Pentagon declined to provide an update to The Epoch Times on the status of its current munition stockpiles, with one spokesperson saying that providing any specifics on the matter could jeopardize “operational security.”

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[DB]

Might be true but I doubt it.

[Smokin Joe]

Might be true but I doubt it.

IF IT IS TRUE, WHAT IN THE HELL ARE THEY DOING ADVERTISING IT?

[Timber Rattler]

It came out in Congressional hearings in the Armed Services Committtee.

[Smokin Joe]

Genius!