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WASHINGTON (AP) As other nations see the impact of U.S. weapons in the Ukraine war, the Pentagon is getting more requests for them, including the high-tech, multiple-launch rocket system that Ukrainian forces have successfully used against Russian ammunition depots and other supplies, Defense officials said Friday.
Bill LaPlante, the department's undersecretary for acquisition, told reporters that the Pentagon has been working with the defense industry to increase production lines to meet both U.S. and international demands for certain weapons. And he said some countries have already begun asking about buying the High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems, or HIMARS.
As a result, he said, the U.S. has to both replace the HIMARS systems it sent to Ukraine at a projected cost so far of about $33 million but also predict the future demands in foreign sales.
According to the Pentagon, the department is already working to replace about $7 billion in weapons and equipment that was taken off the shelves so it could be delivered quickly to Ukraine. Of that, about $1.2 billion has already been contracted, and roughly half of that was for Stinger missiles.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/allies-push-for-us-weaponry-after-seeing-impact-in-ukraine/ar-AA11EVtL
Aristus
(66,388 posts)brush
(53,791 posts)operational again.
North Korea is the arsenal of Sovietacry ... as it sells Soviet-era munitions in 2022 to Russia. Seeking to maintain its Soviet era ... totalitarianism.
WarGamer
(12,452 posts)CanonRay
(14,104 posts)The Iraqis had a shitload of Russian equipment and it was shit, so everyone switched to buy our stuff. I just read a piece on the only Russian aircraft carrier and what a piece of junk it is. They are a Potempkin military.
EarthFirst
(2,900 posts)Thats how confident they are with it.
Aristus
(66,388 posts)When I was in tanker school, the tank recognition syllabus was pretty simple. The good guys use Western-built tanks. The bad guys use Soviet-made tanks.
Unfortunately, the Iraqis fielded a crazy mish-mash of American, British, and French tanks, and innumerable Soviet tanks of nearly every model made. One of the many reasons Iraq performed so poorly on the battlefield was the lack of standardization, which had to be a nightmare for their supply units.
It didnt help that the Syrians, who were at least nominally with the good guys, fielded Soviet T-62 tanks. This would have led to some nasty friendly-fire incidents. But I dont remember Syrian tank units playing a significant role in the ground war.