In a June 8, 2024, Bloomberg article titled, “Putin Is Running Out of Time to Achieve Breakthrough in Ukraine,” an optimistic prognosis was made regarding the ongoing conflict in Ukraine in favor of Kiev.
Tag: munitions
U.S. Files Serial Numbers Off Missiles Sent To Israel
WASHINGTON—In an effort to ensure the munitions were completely untraceable, the U.S. military began filing the serial numbers off all missiles being sent to the Israeli government, anonymous sources within the Pentagon confirmed Friday. “In the wake of recent IDF operations in Rafah, we will no longer serve as arms supplier to Israel without first removing the serial numbers from rocket artillery,” Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin reportedly told the Joint Chiefs of Staff, explaining that after assessing the situation, he and President Biden had agreed to pause shipments of high-payload munitions until the military could erase all evidence that they came from the United States. “We cannot in good conscience continue to enable a military campaign targeting innocent civilians in Gaza unless we’ve covered all our tracks. Tell your men and women that we have secured nearly 6 tons of steel wool that they are to use to sand down any identifying markers on missiles, ammunition, and tanks so we can confidently feign ignorance when the U.N. or the International Criminal Court comes around asking a bunch of questions. Be sure to scrape the little U.S. flags off the side, too—in fact, if there’s time, cover it with France’s or something. Then hit them all with a shammy to remove any fingerprints.” At press time, reports confirmed the armaments had arrived in Israel with no return address marked on the crates.
The Growing Weakness of Western Artillery Capabilities
After decades of waging war against impoverished nations with destitute armies, or no standing armies at all, the US has suddenly found itself in a rapidly changing world where peer and near-peer competitors are outpacing it in military capabilities. Many of these capabilities are showing up on the battlefield in places the US has until recently enjoyed relative military superiority.
The Growing Weakness of Western Artillery Capabilities
Ukraine’s Costly Cross-Border PR Stunt + Russia Continues Out-Producing Collective West
US Ban on Xinjiang cotton is likely reducing Western artillery shell production
US Ban on Xinjiang cotton is likely reducing Western artillery shell production
Now, after passing this legislation [Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act], the West is bitching that China is withholding cotton from them, and that cotton cellulose is hard to find.
Related:
Europe battles gunpowder shortage amid Ukraine war
“To make powder, you need a specific kind of cotton, which mostly comes from China,” he said.
European Commissioner for Internal Market Thierry Breton on Friday told reporters in Paris that the bloc also faced challenges finding the raw materials for gunpowder.
Nitrocellulose, also known as guncotton, is a key ingredient in gunpowder manufacture.
Fatal Flaws Undermine America’s Defense Industrial Base
The first-ever US Department of Defense National Defense Industrial Strategy (NDIS) confirms what many analysts have concluded in regard to the unsustainable nature of Washington’s global-spanning foreign policy objectives and its defense industrial base’s (DIB) inability to achieve them.
Fatal Flaws Undermine America’s Defense Industrial Base
National Socialist Pol Pot (and why we must gatekeep the Left from antisocial elements)
Why US Artillery Shell Production Isn’t Enough & Why Other Munitions Will Fall Far Shorter Still
Running short on Ukraine air defenses, U.S. looks to Japan
Faced with a dangerous shortfall in Ukraine’s air defenses and no easy resolution to the funding impasse in Congress, Washington has increasingly leaned on allies to provide urgent weapons support.
Running short on Ukraine air defenses, U.S. looks to Japan
If Jesus Was Born Today, Would He Be Under Rubble?
As U.S. leaders celebrate Christmas with their families, Palestinians will be mourning the loss of their loved ones.
If Jesus Was Born Today, Would He Be Under Rubble?
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