The US is dropping bombs quicker than it can make them

[Luiz 4,253]

Ongoing air wars in Middle East have caused an unexpected dip in the Pentagon’s stockpile of air-to-ground munitions — and Washington has been slow to address the supply problem.

The Pentagon has had months to deal with it. 

“We're expending munitions faster than we can replenish them,” USA Today quoted Air Force chief of staff Gen. Mark Welsh as saying in December.

Since then Secretary of Defense Ash Carter has asked Congress to include funding for 45,000 smart bombs in the Defense Department’s 2017 budget. But it could take a while to rebuild the stockpile.

“The US maintains a pretty steady inventory of bombs and missiles for full-on war scenarios,” says Roman Schweizer, aerospace and defense policy analyst at Guggenheim Securities in Washington. “But 2 1/2 years of fighting ISIS and continued bombing in Afghanistan have exceeded weapons-use projections.”

Operation Inherent Resolve, the US-led military intervention against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant flies bombing missions in Syria and Iraq. The United States, which flies a majority of the missions, strikes ISIS targets with laser- and GPS-guided bombs, Joint Direct Attack Munition bombs, Joint Standoff Weapons, and air-to-ground missiles, such as the Hellfire. Per unit pricetags on these munitions range from around $25,000 to close to$400,000. 

 

...........The United States dropped more than 20,000 guided bombs and missiles on Iraq and Syria in 2015. In recent months the US has transferred additional quantities of bombs to allies in the region. "There are also NATO and Gulf Cooperation Council allies participating in these strikes as well, and in some cases they're drawing off of US stockpiles because their own domestic inventories may not be sufficient."

 

 

 

 

http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/the-us-is-dropping-bombs-quicker-than-it-can-make-them/ar-BBrAwGz?li=BBnbcA1

[Radio Ga Ga 5,671]

holy crap 20,000 bombs?? That's 50 something a day 

[Katharine Hepburn 4,607]

Good. Let them burn.

[MJHolland 12,725]

Great, idk why we're targeting ISIS locations when they're focusing their attacks on Europe. Let the EU and Russia defend themselves for a while. 

[LebaneseDude 6,146]

15 minutes ago, CustomGueseppi said:

Good. Let them burn.

 

 

 

 

[LebaneseDude 6,146]

12 minutes ago, MJHolland said:

Great, idk why we're targeting ISIS locations when they're focusing their attacks on Europe. Let the EU and Russia defend themselves for a while. 

It's how allies function.

[mister max 18,480]

1 hour ago, MJHolland said:

Great, idk why we're targeting ISIS locations when they're focusing their attacks on Europe. Let the EU and Russia defend themselves for a while. 

cool, lets talk to you again when america needs some help

[Kabexuela 1,184]

19 minutes ago, mister max said:

cool, lets talk to you again when america needs some help

I know right.  Don't mind us girl, we are too busy keeping the truth about 9/11 from the public, and funding ISIS.