Agreed. I think we have another 500 HIMARS we have not donated, all of our tanks, all of our aircraft, all of our navy. And that's just us, and does not include the rest of NATO or new items being built and delivered by South Korea and other countries. If anything, if you look closely at the gif below, you can see Putin relighting the furnaces of the MIC which will make sure the west and Ukraine are swimming in weapons to finish the job.
We're running low on the stuff we will never use. HIMARs, for example, aren't a major part of our normal offensive. We have better equipment. We have enough weaponry to blow the world up a few times if we wanted and that's not counting nukes. We haven't touched any of the good stuff yet.US is running low on some weapons and ammunition to transfer to Ukraine | CNN Politics
As the first full winter of Russia's war with Ukraine sets in, the US is running low on some high-end weapons systems and ammunition available to transfer to Kyiv, three US officials with direct knowledge tell CNN.www.cnn.com
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operative phrases in that article: ""some weapons", "available to transfer", "finite amount of excess". i.e. the US isnt touching "our" allocation - just old and/or excess inventoryUS is running low on some weapons and ammunition to transfer to Ukraine | CNN Politics
As the first full winter of Russia's war with Ukraine sets in, the US is running low on some high-end weapons systems and ammunition available to transfer to Kyiv, three US officials with direct knowledge tell CNN.
To be fair, who could have seen that conscripted criminals would not follow orders in a battlefield.
Backfired: Putin’s Prison Recruits Spiral Out of Russia’s Control
AFP via GettyRussia’s most deranged gambit in its war against Ukraine is rapidly turning into a crisis as military leaders lose control over the prison inmates freed in exchange for a stint on the battlefield.About 20 armed inmates fled from the frontline in occupied Donetsk in recent days and...www.yahoo.com
It would be a shame if their planes crashed en route.
This is a good point. While HIMARS has been a game changer, it is being relied upon by Ukraine in a fashion we would not due to restrictions/limitations on weapons delivered to Ukraine. For example, while we would drop PGMs on targets from stealth fighters/bombers, or possibly use a longer range ground based rocket, they have to fire HIMARS in extraordinary numbers. If we wanted to, we could dip much further into our portfolio and divvy out more HIMARS and munitions, or better longer range stuff, and it would not really affect our ability to wage war ourselves.
It isn't just the tanks, it's all of their stuff. It's all been shown to be highly vulnerable to old Soviet weapons, and just helpless against 2nd tier NATO stuff. We aren't even giving the Ukrainians our top tier stuff in many instances.
Not the thick extra padding on the passenger side seat. I don't know how well US equipment rides, but when I see a cushion like that I suspect the Russian trucks must be back breakers.
I wonder if this is Russia’s version of our “Mall of America” or Woodfields in NW suburbs of Chicago as it’s in the Moscow area. If so…huge loss.
They are running out of tanks and troops to kill!
It’s hard to believe that in 2022, Russia is losing troops to freezing to death.
There are other effects...
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It's because our own stockpiles are running low leaving our own military exposed on certain items.
I hope it wasn't Ukraine. Attacking a shopping center is stooping to Russia's level.
The music!!! Brilliant. I've been listening to most of these on mute.
This is the kind of Russian propaganda that thrives when our media mischaracterizes "we should account for the billions we're sending to Ukraine and not treat it like a blank check" as "support for Ukraine is going to go away when Republicans take the house"
It's amazing how Russia seems to be surrounded by countries full of Nazis.
