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Let’s see what the the coming weeks bring. The one clear outcome of this conflict so far has been to show how utterly depleted and insufficient our ability is to supply the military weapons needed.

You know that by listening to the msm?
Everything I hear is the opposite.
Might try getting your info somewhere else then the msm.

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Originally posted by old rugged cross:

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Let’s see what the the coming weeks bring. The one clear outcome of this conflict so far has been to show how utterly depleted and insufficient our ability is to supply the military weapons needed.

You know that by listening to the msm?
Everything I hear is the opposite.
Might try getting your info somewhere else then the msm.

I don’t read MSM generally. I like reading various military focused sites, including The War Zone, Task & Purpose, and Breaking Defense.

The closest I get to MSM is the Wall Street Journal, but that publication has gone south for years.

Some relevant articles, I do prefer how The War Zone is meticulous in citing sources within articles:

https://www.twz.com/news-featu...terceptor-stockpiles

https://taskandpurpose.com/new...iran-asymmetric-war/

https://breakingdefense.com/20...in-the-supply-chain/

EDIT: excellent sourced article, referenced in the articles above. Author is a retired Marine Colonel at https://www.csis.org/ but the data is based on production and expenditure:

https://www.csis.org/analysis/...ry-multiyear-project

Those directing the effort do not seem overly concerned. Everyone else has and anti effort agenda imho.

Understood.

I want this war to succeed. I want the US to be prosperous and free. I desire nothing more than the shining city on the hill, and more winning than we can deal with.

Our industrial base is greatly depleted, and thank God that Trump is doing his best to ramp that up. We aren’t there yet, and I hope we get another Republican administration after to continue the work.

Agreed, we all want the same thing. Keep fighting and keep the faith!

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Originally posted by reloader-1:

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Originally posted by old rugged cross:

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Let’s see what the the coming weeks bring. The one clear outcome of this conflict so far has been to show how utterly depleted and insufficient our ability is to supply the military weapons needed.

You know that by listening to the msm?
Everything I hear is the opposite.
Might try getting your info somewhere else then the msm.

I don’t read MSM generally. I like reading various military focused sites, including The War Zone, Task & Purpose, and Breaking Defense.

The closest I get to MSM is the Wall Street Journal, but that publication has gone south for years.

Some relevant articles, I do prefer how The War Zone is meticulous in citing sources within articles:

https://www.twz.com/news-featu...terceptor-stockpiles

https://taskandpurpose.com/new...iran-asymmetric-war/

https://breakingdefense.com/20...in-the-supply-chain/

EDIT: excellent sourced article, referenced in the articles above. Author is a retired Marine Colonel at https://www.csis.org/ but the data is based on production and expenditure:

https://www.csis.org/analysis/...ry-multiyear-project

So a conflict with Iran showed that we currently do not have enough inventory of many of our defensive and offensive weapons. Hopefully we will be making much more than to replenish used stock and stockpiling even more. I guess this is also showing our adversaries the same, where they need to stockpile more than what they have now. Just my opinion and observation. God Bless

Like the government is giving out classified exact inventories to the enemy.

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Originally posted by Mars_Attacks:
Like the government is giving out classified exact inventories to the enemy.

Correct.

And it's on again..... Iran just launched surprise missile attack on Jordan according to Centcom.

Asked whether Putin is helping Iran target Americans, President Trump said that he would ask Putin. He said he trusts Putin to tell the truth. This conflicts with what Hegseth. who said categorically that the Russians are assisting the Iranians.

https://www.the-independent.co...an-aid-b3021251.html

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Originally posted by old rugged cross:

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Originally posted by Mars_Attacks:
Like the government is giving out classified exact inventories to the enemy.

Correct.

There are things that are public knowledge, that likely shouldn’t be. How many missiles we buy, how many are budgeted, how many are delivered, and roughly how many are shot.

Perhaps one might be off by a percentage, but we do have fairly accurate information.

Perhaps we shouldn’t, but that’s for another discussion. We know how many B-2 bombers we have in inventory, for example… Should we? Probably not.

It’s one of the benefits but also negatives of having a “free” country. There’s a famous example of a senator in WW2, that revealed information about depth charges used by the Japanese and directly lead to hundreds of deaths. In a better world, he would have been sentenced immediately.

[QUOTE]Originally posted by Fed161:
Asked whether Putin is helping Iran target Americans, President Trump said that he would ask Putin. He said he trusts Putin to tell the truth. This conflicts with what Hegseth. who said categorically that the Russians are assisting the Iranians.

No one with a half a brain would not think
Russia would assist Iran. Or China for that matter. Of course they would want to assist them.
We have been the primary reason ukraine is still fighting them.

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Originally posted by Mars_Attacks:
Like the government is giving out classified exact inventories to the enemy.

What was posted was the use rate versus the replenishment rate, neither of which tell us what the inventory actually is. I have no idea, but if we have 20,000 Tomahawks, used 1000, and replenished 200 of them, we still have 19,200 Tomahawks. Of course, no one posts what is in the inventory, which is a crucial part of the equation.