"Modern warfare is expensive as fuck" is already a common wisdom so I might just be stating the obvious here, but here's an interesting story to put into perspective on the cost and scale of peer warfare
I also have heard claims that the US have given Ukraine one third of its Javelin stockpile. I tracked down the source of the claim and it appear to came from a think thank
Drawing from the experience of this war, would we see major powers greatly expanding their munition stockpile in the future? In this war we are already seeing the Russians burning through the stock in like, what, first week of the war? And on the other side Ukraine as evident by all the videos and photos we have seen, have also been using equally large amount of munitions, although Ukraine's pocket is much deeper as they have western countries on their side filling their pocket.
Ukraine War Is Depleting America’s Arsenal of Democracy
Western allies face a choice: Send more weapons to Kyiv or save their stockpiles for their own defense.
www.bloomberg.com
General Mark Milley, the chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff, told Congress that the West has delivered 60,000 antitank weapons and 25,000 anti-aircraft weapons to Kyiv. The Pentagon is now laying plans to rush additional artillery, coastal defense drones and other materiel to Ukraine. The White House on Wednesday announced a new $800 million package including helicopters and armored personnel carriers.
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Pentagon officials say that Kyiv is blowing through a week's worth of deliveries of antitank munitions every day. It is also running short of usable aircraft as Russian airstrikes and combat losses take their toll. Ammunition has become scarce in Mariupol and other areas.
I also have heard claims that the US have given Ukraine one third of its Javelin stockpile. I tracked down the source of the claim and it appear to came from a think thank
Will the United States Run Out of Javelins Before Russia Runs Out of Tanks?
The United States has supplied Ukraine with thousands of Javelins, but U.S. inventory is dwindling. Will Javelins inflict enough Russian combat losses to produce a battlefield stalemate before Ukraine runs out of its most effective anti-tank weapons?
www.csis.org
The United States has supplied Ukraine with thousands of Javelins, the anti-tank missiles that have become the iconic weapon of the war, but the U.S. inventory is dwindling. The United States has probably given about one-third of its stock to Ukraine. Thus, the United States is approaching the point where it must reduce transfers to maintain sufficient stockpiles for its own war plans. Production of new missiles is slow, and it will take years to replenish stocks.
Drawing from the experience of this war, would we see major powers greatly expanding their munition stockpile in the future? In this war we are already seeing the Russians burning through the stock in like, what, first week of the war? And on the other side Ukraine as evident by all the videos and photos we have seen, have also been using equally large amount of munitions, although Ukraine's pocket is much deeper as they have western countries on their side filling their pocket.
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