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| Ukraine Has Received Over A Million Artillery Rounds From The U.S. |
| 2022-10-25 |
| [TheDrive] Ukraine’s fight against Russia has gobbled up an incredible amount of artillery rounds, with over a million provided by the U.S. alone. The U.S. has now provided Ukraine with over a million rounds of howitzer ammunition since it began shipping arms to the embattled nation to aid its fight against Russia, according to the latest figures from the Defense Department. That includes up to 903,000 standard 155mm howitzer rounds as well as 3,000 M982 Excalibur guided rounds, 7,000 Remote Anti-Armor Mine System (RAAMS) projectiles, and 180,000 105mm howitzer shells. All told, that’s more than 1.09 million rounds which weigh well in excess of 50,000 tons combined — close to twice as much as the Statue of Liberty. The rounds are part of more than $18.2 billion in security assistance to Ukraine since the beginning of the Biden Administration, including approximately $17.6 billion since the beginning of Russia’s full-on invasion on Feb. 24. |
| Posted by:Skidmark |
| #4 Fuck Taiwans defense, how about ours? |
| Posted by: Chris 2022-10-25 13:37 |
| #3 Biden depleting weapons supply with Ukraine aid, hurting potential defense of Taiwan: experts |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2022-10-25 13:29 |
| #2 New, Blue State facilities must be funded and constructed. The current JMC facilities (listed below) are antiquated and redundant, especially those in MAGA regions. Replacement people must be found to man the new facilities. Billions of dollars will soon be needed. JMC Production Facility Locations: • Crane Army Ammunition Activity, Crane, Indiana • Holston Army Ammunition Plant, Kingsport, Tennessee • Iowa Army Ammunition Plant, Middletown, Iowa • Lake City Army Ammunition Plant, Independence, Missouri • McAlester Army Ammunition Plant, McAlester, Oklahoma • Pine Bluff Arsenal, Pine Bluff, Arkansas • Quad City Cartridge Case Facility, Rock Island, Illinois • Radford Army Ammunition Plant, Radford, Virginia • Scranton Army Ammunition Plant, Scranton, Pennsylvania JMC storage and distribution facilities ensure the availability of a ready and reliable munitions stockpile through optimizing the receipt, storage and issue of training and combat munitions. Every bullet, bomb and grenade warfighters use in training and combat is managed by JMC. JMC Storage and Distribution Facility Locations: • Anniston Munitions Center, Anniston, Alabama • Blue Grass Army Depot, Richmond, Kentucky • Crane Army Ammunition Activity, Crane, Indiana • Hawthorne Army Depot, Hawthorne, Nevada • Letterkenny Munitions Center, Chambersburg, Pennsylvania • McAlester Army Ammunition Plant, McAlester, Oklahoma • Tooele Army Depot, Tooele, Utah |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2022-10-25 07:10 |
| #1 “Surge capacity was 288,000 projectiles per year, though with a 48-month lead time,” CSIS wrote last month. Good thing the bad guys will give us four years warning. Idiots. Mike |
| Posted by: MikeKozlowski 2022-10-25 07:01 |