“I wouldn’t say we’re quite there yet, but if the conflict does
go on for another six months, for another year, it certainly
continues to stress the supply chain in ways that are
challenging.”
They still get a lot of funding for their operational costs. The question is if they have the weapons already or if they have to be manufactured. The time it take to manufacture weapons during a shortage is a rare and valuable window from the perspective of a foreign power.
They want more money?
They are feigning a funding crisis, pretending they don’t have enough weapons to go around, in order to get more money to make weapons?
They still get a lot of funding for their operational costs. The question is if they have the weapons already or if they have to be manufactured. The time it take to manufacture weapons during a shortage is a rare and valuable window from the perspective of a foreign power.
I don’t think they’re pretending. US hollowed out its industrial base over the decades, and now they simply can’t produce weapons in the volumes that are being consumed by Ukraine. For example, U.S. will go from making 14,000 155mm shells each month to 20,000 by the spring and 40,000 by 2025.. Russia uses that many rounds each and every day.