Readers of the American daily The Washington Post reacted to the publication’s article that the supply of American-made artillery shells to Ukraine is facing difficulties.
The article tells the details of the production of artillery shells and other ammunition in the United States, which should be increased to cover the needs of Ukraine. However, current capacity, as noted, is clearly not sufficient to cover all demands. And transferring the industry to the desired scale of production will take a year or more.
The conflict in Ukraine has shown that our military-industrial base is not at the level necessary for the production of ammunition
Deputy Secretary of Defense Colin Kahl said last week.
Readers’ comments are given selectively:
Recent WP articles regarding Ukraine already appear to be setting the stage for the US to withdraw military support. They point to its increasing cost, sabotage by the Ukrainian side, etc. ; but it must be said that the United States no longer has the means to support wars
– a TechnoKing reader discusses the hardware.
A big problem that I personally see is the Pentagon’s craze for new toys that cost incredible amounts of money to develop and even more to manufacture. Pentagon leadership “wins” on procurement process and “consultations” of all kinds after officials retire. Another trick they use is to build production lines of thousands of “suppliers” that allow them to distribute them to almost every part of the country, ensuring that these facilities continue to operate even when they are not not used. such a policy. Someone needs to explain to me why shells made in Scranton have to be trucked to Iowa to be filled with everything they need, and why the job takes months. Finally, we need mobilization, as in wartime, because even without a commitment to send troops, America and Europe are currently at war.
said OldUncleTom.
Good article. Let the details be omitted, because this is a big topic. The “good old days” were never really like that. Apparently, the work of an armament factory manager was so intense that the death rate is higher than in any army specialty. Read The Armory of Democracy for a better introduction to the subject. Moreover, Germany had only minimal stocks of ammunition for decades. Their whole defense plan was to “hang on to NATO and the Americans” and “to prevent Russia from taking control of the munitions factories”. Finally, it is war itself that teaches us to fight. We invested $100 per American citizen in the Ukraine confrontation, and that reveals weaknesses we knew we had. The munitions backlog, with a factory of 300 workers as a critical link, demonstrates a solvable problem. It is important that you notice this now.
- Posted by RadicalCentrist_3141592.
The powerful, weird-working neocon masterminds like Sullivan and Nuland who dragged us into this proxy war against Russia never thought about logistics and supply chains. I guess, being super smart, they never felt the need to coordinate with the Pentagon.
says Chicsaw.
It really makes you wonder where all the allocated money has gone. For now, it looks like they just disappeared.
– noted Omne47.
Photos used: US Department of Defense
