Δημοκράτης έγραψε: 22 Σεπ 2022, 11:34
Nostalgia έγραψε: 22 Σεπ 2022, 11:16
Δημοκράτης έγραψε: 21 Σεπ 2022, 18:28
σε τι ακριβώς τα χρειάζονται;
But since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February, industry officials have complained that the Pentagon hasn’t always communicated those requirements, which often change, creating delays, and leaving defense contractors unable to prepare for more production.
In the U.S., it takes 13 to 18 months from the time orders are placed for munitions to be manufactured, according to an industry official. Replenishing stockpiles of more sophisticated weaponry such as missiles and drones can take much longer.
Even a yearlong delay is a problem precisely because ammunition shortages can pop up quickly given the rate they can be drawn down in a conflict.
Γιατί αλλάζεις υεμα; πέταξες μια μπούρδα για 200 φ35. Αν οι ηπα χρειάζονταν 200 φ35, θα είχαν 200 φ35
Γιατι το χρημα δεν ειναι το μονο που καθοριζει τους στρατιωτικους εξοπλισμους, παραδειγμα ηταν τα Φ22, εληξε το συμβολαιο και δεν φτιαχνουν αλλα, τελος, το ιδιο ισχυει και με αλλα εξοπλιστικα. Δεν ειναι κατι που το παραγγελνεις σημερα και το εχεις αυριο.
In May, when Washington ordered 1,300 Stinger anti-air missiles to replace those sent to Ukraine, the chief executive of Raytheon, the defence company that makes them, replied: “It’s going to take us a little bit of time.”
Paris, meanwhile, has sent 18 Caesar howitzers to Kyiv — a quarter of its total stock of the high-tech artillery — but it will take French company Nexter around 18 months to make new ones.
The Ukraine war has exposed the skimpiness of western defence stockpiles — especially of unglamorous but crucial supplies such as artillery shells that have been the mainstay of fighting. Lack of production capacity, labour shortages and supply chain snafus — especially computer chips — mean long lead times to replenish them.
In recent weeks, the level of 155mm combat rounds in U.S. military storage have become “uncomfortably low,” one defense official said. The levels aren’t yet critical because the U.S. isn’t engaged in any major military conflict, the official added. “It is not at the level we would like to go into combat,” the defense official said.
The Pentagon Has a Supply-Chain Problem
If it wants to support Ukraine and win future wars, the US military needs to rethink how it acquires essential weapons.
EU countries’ stocks of weapons are severely “depleted” in the wake of sending arms to Ukraine, EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell warned Monday.
During a debate with EU lawmakers, the top diplomat urged member states to replenish their arsenals, saying that the best way of doing so is “together,” because that would “be cheaper.”
Φανταζομαι καταλαβαινεις τι μπουρδα εγραψες με τις τσιχλες, τουλαχιστον μιας και εισαι παντελως ασχετος γκουγκλαρε πριν αρχιζεις να πετας τετοιες παπαριες.
"Εγώ Μανιάτα φυσικιά. Θα στεϊρωθού 'ς τα γόνατα. Και όλους τους φίλους θα δεχτού κατά που πρέπει καθενού...."