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17. Back in December, 1941, a guy named Roosevelt was confronted with a similar situation

Wed May 4, 2022, 03:13 PM

May 2022

The Japanese military stared both in astonishment and dismay at the speed with which the USA not only replenished its arsenal, but increased it to the point where it surpassed a Japanese military build-up that Japan had been preparing for a decade.

I'm fairly sure we could pull it off again.

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CNN: 'The closet is bare': Aid to Ukraine depletes US weapons supply [View all] Towlie May 2022 OP

Oh no! We're wide open to an attack from Canada! gratuitous May 2022 #1

My thought exactly! yardwork May 2022 #4

No, an attack/military confrontation with China. former9thward May 2022 #20

That would be a sea and air battle, where Javelins and Stingers aren't needed NickB79 May 2022 #27

In was insane to put boots on the ground in Vietnam but we did it. former9thward May 2022 #29

Stingers are used aa an air defense weapon of last resort on some of our warships. Dial H For Hero May 2022 #37

No, but I could see a scenario of supplying Taiwan against Chinese attack Amishman May 2022 #51

"Failure is not an option", Gene Kranz, Flight Director Apollo 13...nt wcmagumba May 2022 #2

$Trillions spent on US military and the cupboard is bare in two months? Irish_Dem May 2022 #3

Modern warfare is very expensive and uses weapons at an alarming rate. Ray Bruns May 2022 #5

Yes Russia will be in the same boat. Irish_Dem May 2022 #7

In the same boat except with a madman controlling the nukes. Towlie May 2022 #8

Yes if he runs out of conventional weapons will he go to his nuclear stockpile? Irish_Dem May 2022 #10

Just for some perspective the US military budget is 764+ billion PortTack May 2022 #22

It's a matter of getting the production lines started again. Ray Bruns May 2022 #31

Just sayin' the military experts I started following since this began aren't talking about shortages PortTack May 2022 #62

It's not "bare." The headline is grossly misleading. GoCubsGo May 2022 #9

Exactly! PortTack May 2022 #24

Remember GWB Mad_Machine76 May 2022 #32

On certain weapons Kaleva May 2022 #14

good point. Someone has been overcharging or ecstatic May 2022 #28

No, we have tons of other weapons, just the ready-made ones that Ukraine can uponit7771 May 2022 #42

I'm quite sure the military industrial complex is able and willing to re stockpile our weapons.. mitch96 May 2022 #6

They're built by privately held corporations. Should they do it for free? Dial H For Hero May 2022 #12

No, but they do tend to overcharge - exponentially lame54 May 2022 #18

I would presume that to be the case with government contracts in general. Dial H For Hero May 2022 #21

Yup, those damn missed deadlines and "cost overruns"...nt mitch96 May 2022 #65

We are talking $billions. So yes they will be more than happy to replenish the cupboard. Irish_Dem May 2022 #15

Typical CNN headline. sarcasmo May 2022 #11

I hate their clickbait bullshit, I wish we had a news organization past this crap uponit7771 May 2022 #43

This is America. Collimator May 2022 #13

But Russia has an endless supply? lame54 May 2022 #16

Well China is helping them out rockfordfile May 2022 #54

Back in December, 1941, a guy named Roosevelt was confronted with a similar situation DFW May 2022 #17

Not comparable anymore DetroitLegalBeagle May 2022 #19

Exactly so. A WW2 Essex class carrier could be built in as little as 14 months. Dial H For Hero May 2022 #23

Off topic but the chip supply has been in trouble for two years Arazi May 2022 #52

It takes years and billions of dollars to start producing them DetroitLegalBeagle May 2022 #53

This is a main reason Chuuku Davis May 2022 #60

Chip is being hurt by covid and pos bitcoin rockfordfile May 2022 #55

I would have hoped that we had a large contingency reserve of those chips for just such cases DFW May 2022 #67

I wish I had stock in weapons manufacturers leftstreet May 2022 #25

Those weapons aren't primary systems though NickB79 May 2022 #26

Time to invest in Raytheon and Lockheed Martin. SYFROYH May 2022 #30

I do Chuuku Davis May 2022 #59

I find that difficult to believe. Caliman73 May 2022 #33

We have sent 1/3 of our stockpile of Stingers EX500rider May 2022 #38

I will say once again... Caliman73 May 2022 #39

No, the US military does not stock them for export, the manufacturer does. EX500rider May 2022 #40

And i don't think the manufacturer stockpiles them either EX500rider May 2022 #41

That's like saying we're out of food because there's no ketchup, come on CNN clickbait sucks uponit7771 May 2022 #44

Oh yeah, we have lots of other systems...but we have blown thru a lot of our Javelins/Stingers EX500rider May 2022 #46

Those numbers aren't anywhere near "blown thru" relatively speaking and we have a crap load ... uponit7771 May 2022 #47

Yeah but making Javelins/Stingers a little harder then mustard. EX500rider May 2022 #49

"blown threw" means we're down to 10% of max stock, we're no were near that this is CNN clickbate uponit7771 May 2022 #50

Click bait BS Willto May 2022 #61

Hey, CNN! Good thing we Mme. Defarge May 2022 #34

Just a reminder... as of a couple years ago there were Congress-critters WarGamer May 2022 #35

Depleted but not "bare." We can make more of these. harumph May 2022 #36

+1, RvW is about to die and CNN is posting clickbait half ass reporting uponit7771 May 2022 #48

The Russians are dipping into their stock of Soviet era weapons. Kaleva May 2022 #45

They've been doing that since the start rockfordfile May 2022 #56

Yes. They never had enough modern weapons to sustain the fight. Kaleva May 2022 #58

Don't worry Joenobody May 2022 #57

Title should read: our massive excess excess supply is now just a BIG JCMach1 May 2022 #63

No, sounds like the work of Russian trolls. Demsrule86 May 2022 #64

I'll say it again and get flamed, derided, etc. for it again. Xolodno May 2022 #66