America prefers to build high-cost weapons, so now we can't make shells. Plus the Russia problem.
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- War planners in the US and Europe have admitted surprise that the conflict in the Ukraine has lasted for more than a few weeks. And decades of neglecting basic weapons manufacturing in favor of high-cost, high tech weapons have left our arsenals empty.
This is evident across many weapons platforms, but especially so for 155-mm shells, the most common artillery shell in the world today. Russia, assisted by North Korea and Iran, are producing and firing weeks' worth of Western production every day in Ukraine, and NATO countries are scrambling to catch up. The United States also is struggling to resupply Israeli forces, and to restock our own inventories, but sufficient domestic production is still at least two years away and will need to be subsidized for years after.
In previous deployments of US precision munitions in Ukraine, Russian countermeasures were quickly adapted to render them useless.
Resources and links:
CNN, US and NATO grapple with critical ammo shortage for Ukraine
edition.cnn.com/2023/07/18/po...
Bloomberg, South Korea Is Making Weapons Faster and Cheaper Than the US
www.bloomberg.com/news/featur...
Bloomberg, America’s War Machine Can’t Make Basic Artillery Fast Enough
www.bloomberg.com/features/20...
Russia’s Putin welcomes Türkiye’s interest in work of BRICS bloc
www.aa.com.tr/en/asia-pacific...
US vs Global military spending:
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www.statista.com/statistics/2...
Some U.S. Weapons Stymied by Russian Jamming in Ukraine
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The US military govt promotes war and destruction , such in Vietnam , Iraq , Syria ,Afghanistan , Yuloslavia , Ukraine and in different regions of the world .
While China promotes economic development , infrastructure , eradication of poverty , a win win benefit to the people .
They are self proclaimed leader of the free world 😂
Lookup sinovac misinformation by US govt targeting the Philippines. Deliberate misinformation against Chinese vaccines in the Philippines purely for political reasons.
Team America World Police : Derka, derka lets go to ME, yeah!! Team America World Police fcuk Yeah!!!! Derka derka derka !! Now we go to Central Europe and Asia Team America!!World Police !! derka derka Fcuk Yeah!!!
Ponsyu might be right
The US promote wars? Yeah.... can create a large buffet for the US MIC & neocons; ref: Smedley Butler's War Is A Racket 🥳🥳🥳🥳
The strategy is always against defenseless farmers and civilians in Afghanistan and Iraq. As long as they are black and brown and preferably Muslim. They have plenty of weapons. In the case of Afghanistan, they couldn’t even beat farmers and civilians.
I think the American principle is like this: I initiate a war; you fight; you pay; you sacrifice; I lend/sell; I achieve my goal; I keep my moral high ground. Filipinos, yes, you are part of the calculation.
@@iWantPeace838nailed it
Mao was correct in labelling US a paper tiger lol.
Ham@s is wearing slippers...
@@iWantPeace838the Phillipinos were fooled into voting a Marcos who traditionally worshipped America as their leader. The Phillipinos have not learnt from the "Marcos" era of yore.
When they fought Covid, the Americans didn't have enough masks. When they fight a hot war, they don't have enough shells. When they thought they are fighting a semi-conductor war, they don't have enough engineers. What they can do well will be propaganda war, and fleecing allied countries in the financial market. With these two, though, it's really difficult to do a body count.
Not winning in the propaganda war either; allies nations are just a bunch of wimps.
Not winning the propaganda war either; allies nations are spineless.
They're definitely not winning no propaganda war if we've all been debunking it all...
If their own white people and outlets are debunking their own propaganda and switching sides
If their propaganda is now beginning to bail on them then you know you have a problem
@@maggiechan33and the ridiculousness is that the US made them spineless
鐮刀擧起了很難放下。。。
You think those bribes that weapon companies donate to those lobbyists is cheap? That is where most of the money has gone to. The rest is used to make cheap weapons at mark up prices.🤣🤣🤣
"Democracy through guns and bombs".....The americans should ensure democracy and borders at home before arranging coups and encouraging war in europe
Through sanctions and threats too.
The Russo-Ukraine War lasted more than few weeks is not the only thing which surprised the nato-west. Their failed sanction scheme against Russia is another.
And blowing up the pipeline hurt who?
@@susanpetropoulos1039 Not russia
Your second sentence explains the short sightedness of the first sentence.
Personally, I think the sanctions on Russia were more expected to hurt the EU and make them more reliant on the US than actually hurt Russia. That was the goal, collapsing Russia would have been a bonus. I just hope the people in the EU realize this when they go to the polls for the next decade.
@@susanpetropoulos1039russias GDP has went up since the war 😂😂
The only thing we need to understand the American weapons manufacturers made the weapons and charges the government as much as they wish, it is not about the manufacturing cost. It is about the marginal benefits they can generate from the politicians and how the politicians will tax the American to fund the crazy purchases.
Americans think high cost of production = better weapons. Yet Russians have better submarines, better rocket propulsion systems, better tanks and glonass
In the coming years, USD will be devaluated and USA wont have the money to maintain their Military.
USA should focus on real economy and not on Printed Money Economy.
you and i know that , but somehow the clever people in charge dont know / or dont care !
Do you have any idea of how many tons of gold US has? Oil is not everything.
and the gold in Fort Knox was last audited when ???
@@hengzhou4566 All stolen has to be paid back no one is above the law especially the US.
they (the plutocrats) have substantially shifted the $$$ to BlackRock and/or Blackstone? The Fed Debts will be shouldered by the minions while the elites are holding the wealth & assets via the private funds 🥳🥳🥳🥳
America and Nato think they can just throw a few bombs like in Iraq,Syria,etc and then everyone can go home for holiday
discussing the split of the spoilt of the war.
They thought that in the Korean War. The US supreme commander said we will be back for Thanksgiving and then for Christmas and then New Year and then it lasted 2 years . No victory for this cocky general. Forced to sit to sign the Armistice Treaty with North Korea 🇰🇵.
Americans like to mock Russia as a "gas station with nuclear bombs", but when the two sides are really at war, people find that the United States is actually a "financial company with nuclear bombs"
Ret Col Douglas McGregor stated US military currently has 42 4star Generals in service.
In midst WWII US ONLY had 5x 4star Generals..
The war in Ukraine is in fact several wars in one:
1/ civil war between west and east Ukraine
2/ territorial war between Ukraine and Russia
3/ proxy war between the US and Russia
4/ unfinished business of WW2
The last component is becoming more apparent every day.
the longest of the wars is (1)
The present Russia is a continuation of Soviet Union during the Cold War. The Russia-Ukraine War is indeed a war between Russia and NATO nations.
二战公认是针对法西斯的。东西阵营的对抗是二战后的事，一般不认为是二战的延续，所以更准确的表述是beginning business of WW3。
@@hengzhou4566The WW2 was indeed against fascism (or, specifically, in case of Germany, nazism). Neo-nazi elements have infiltrated the Ukraine government as a result of a violent coup in 2014 and are now fueling this conflict as an act of revenge. Vladimir Putin has also stated that one of the goals of the SMO is "denazification of Ukraine". One look at the insignia of the Azov battalion proves the point.
@@hengzhou4566 My response was deleted by TH-cam. I will try again and split into two: 1/ The WW2 was indeed against fascism (or, specifically, in case of Germany, nazism). Neo-nazi elements have infiltrated the Ukraine government as a result of a violent coup in 2014 and are now fueling this conflict as an act of revenge.
That's a good one: " Has Russia ever surrendered at all, Like in a thousand years? "
A painful one. Even England will have a hard time answering that one.
Yes, it has. The last time was WWI.
@@ravenouself4181 what are you talking about? They won WWI
America is racing to bottom.
Let the US and NATO continue to fund Ukraine to fight against Russia. Waste its money and energy for nothing while China is spending money and energy on R&B Initiatives which help the development and modernization for the developing countries. This is something positive to our humanity. Why the US and NATO are doing is destructive rather than constructive.
Most bloated "defense" budget in the world - yet somehow experiencing a muntions shortage😂
It's called corruption.
May I add, Russia just put a well known highly skilled & respected economist in charge of the Defence Ministry. Defence spending is primarily based on the requirements of the state, not the requirements of profiteers & shareholders.
Just imagine how many n how fast can China build/manufacture Arms, bullets,bombs , missiles, drones n shells . Wonder if the west understands what they are doing by antagonizing China thru Taiwan. 😅😅😅
I think the US look at the military balance at the beginning of the war.
They aim for 'a short victorious war'. No idea that it would drag out for years, and be decided by manufacturing capability!
US win ww2 because of their manufacturing capability at that time (and they are united), at this time: almost no manufacturing and divided.
@@YSKWatchthey went to the show not the fight
@@YSKWatch lol, they didn't win. they were just worried if they stayed on the sidelines much longer, Soviets would take Europe from Hitler, so they decided to join and claim their portion of Europe
The heavy lifting was done by Russia in the west & China in the east. The casual uninformed (comprising most of the 'free world' ) think Yanks did it single handed. Disgusting that Russia was not even honoured at the D-Day 6 June commemorations.
Oh, btw, you'd think that it was either Russia or China that nuked Japan from recent similar event in Japan (who also gave not acknowleged their crimes in WW2).
The BIGGEST GRIFT in the history of the world. USNATO MIC
They put the tax money in own pocket
The problem is the MIC is not interested in producing basic munitions, because it isn't profitable. It is more profitable to produce precision munitions. It's just business.
The USA is fast emerging as the quintessential example of a Kakistocracy. One of the things it should dismantle is its institutionalised lobbying where people with the deepest pockets gets heard and catered for and also a ceiling set at a modest level on what you can spend on an election campaign at all levels all the way up to the presidency. The first will get rid of institutionalised corruption the second removes the foundation of plutocracy for the rich in America🤔
They were going to war regardless. So they never asked 'what if'
They didn’t teach supply chain in university and college
"America prefers to build high-cost weapons" because high-cost weapons are much more profitable.
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and high-cost doesn't mean high quality or even works as advertised.
Same as for cars.
The west is focus on making and promoting SUV at 70K because they make 30K profit on each while people and the planet need sedans.
@@raymondnoel6053 What people actually need is public transport but their car companies have brainwashed Americans to believe that PT is horrible. America is one of the few, if not the only country in the world that allows its companies to engage in nation wide indoctrination campaigns to increase profits. It is one of the most disgusting aspects of American culture, and it should be the first thing that must be banned when the new world order finally emerges.
The US has got a proclivity towards meddling in foreign politics and its military stockpile has been dwindled and depleted by sending aid to Ukraine.
and of course Israel with endless supply of weapons and money. Just make a new home for them in Nevada and call it the State of Israel, would save US heaps of money.
U$ z1ionist tried to bleed RF dry, but they in turn were bled dry by Elensky the comedian president. LMAO, you really can't make this up!
@@mikerussell3298they can even build Disneyland style replicas of the religious sites to make it seem more homely
For a reason.....new tech is here, microwave weaponry...unseen tech is at hand.
Weapon costs are something that US politicians won’t ask and argue. Charge as you wish.
Trump sent a team for audit on the military spending, and the plane crashed... that's why.
Boeing's plane?
You Americans sure love lying. 😁
Realy ? I didn't know that
@@etbuch4873 🤣
russia has depleted the usa and nato of weapons...go russia.
I remember when we were supposed to be the ones doing that 😂😂😂
chinese military spending maybe just 1/4 of US spending , but remember chinese build weapon alot cheaper than US , so basicly with $200B chinese spend have same value as US $800B
Yup, and 5-10 times faster as well.
But in shitty quality, like all things "Made in China".
@@dexlab7539 Chinese factories aren't going to tell their government that they can't supply what's needed because they have more profitable items to manufacture, like the US industry has.
@ExternalInputs , that's bullshit all Chinese factories under the strict government control, especially state founded factories.
The data I saw indicates that it's about 3:1, BUT .... On a a "per catipa" level USA spends something like $2,600 per citizen, per year, compared to China at ±$200
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That's 13x
The Special Military Operation could have been over in a couple of weeks, but ex PM Johnson went to Ukraine and told them not to negotiate Peace because ‘the West’ wouldn’t accept the outcome of the negotiations. The U.S. said they would fight to the last Ukrainian to damage Russia. If you want more balanced information please check out Scott Ritter and Judge Neopalitano.
They were too busy spending the loot & partying. That's why they didn't have the time to think about Russia 😂😂
yeahh..... Blinken playing his guitar in a pub in Ukraine 🍺🍺🥳🥳
This is actually brilliant
"War is a Racket", by Smedley Butler - things haven't changed at all
I’m starting to think I should have become a corrupt arms dealer years ago and then retire. What a dire situation. No accountability.
does it too late now?
You got no problem , if all you do is defense, but that is no USA style
Ministeries of War became Ministeries of Defence to disguise the reality from the people. How can a Ministery of Defence go to war in Vietnam or Iraq or Afghanistan? Of course they can't - unless you tell the people you are "defending democracy and freedom". That's how the boondoggle starts. The West is not instigating and getting others to fight their endless, for-profit wars, they are defending peace with their partners. And profit comes from making weapons nobody need use - like gas turbine powered tanks and US$7 Bn per piece Zumwalt destroyers. Once you've got the "Peace Machine" working you can rake in the profits of peace. But fighting a real war is the last thing you want. People just might ask the question when the body bags coming home - how come peace kills so many people?
I think that the collective West became much too complacent after the fall of the USSR. These countries felt and still feels that they are superior miitarily, financially, culturally, geopolitically and even intellectually. They relax on weapons productions and innovations.
The west no longer has a substantial manufacturing base, whereas Russia is highly industrialized. The west decided decades ago to outsource manufacturing overseas; I don't see China supplying the US with weapons.
@@edennis8578 I agree and all that is due to them being too complacent because intellectually they think they're superior and any weapons produced by any other countriess will definitely be inferior.
Most Americans from all political spectrums don't wish to waste money and lives on wars these days
Are you sure about that? There is always ways to compel people to join...
You have no money? Want to pay for colege? Serve da army...
No job in horizon? Join...
People in desesperate situations would still try it...
No, the US and the west prefers for-profit companies to make their weapons. Expensive weapons is one part, the lack of excess capacity for surge production, stockpiling, and preparedness all cost money that makes less profits. No for-profit company is going to have 70% of its capacity idling just for any eventuality or to have all the parts and capability to increase production very quickly. They want guaranteed purchase volume and profits, they want in-time factory management, they want to maximize profits by promising a lot, under-delivering and then asking for more money for the capabilities they said they can make.
The problem is not high cost weapons. The problem is for-profit capitalism, and that drive for profit also drove most of the conflicts today where the MIC encourages the US government to view everything as a nail to be hammered.
U just described the failure of Capitalism with Amerikan Characteristics.
@@imgr5143 I just described the end stage of capitalism.
How about seize and nationalize the weapon companies like they seize or froze Russia's assets?
TH-cam mofo delete my comment
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Sanctions don't need ammunition.... Is cheap and easy to win!.... Kind of rings a bell LOTR 😅😅😅
sanctions backfire, see europe
BRICS would disagree.
"has Russia ever surrendered at all, in like, the last 1000 years?" a very astute observation
The US spent huge money on overseas affairs and industry military complx, those money suppose to use for US citizens and use in US local. And the Russia/Ukra war can only settle through diplomacy we all know that, maximum pressure sanctions and bully will not stop the war.
“Where did all the money go?”
Muahahahahahahahhahahahahahahahahaha! You are asking the right set of questions, only they will never tell us the answer.
US wants to start a war with China(like a house), if China takes Taiwan(Like a garage belong to the house), fighting a superpower of manufacturing😂😂😂😂😂. I living in United States for over 45 years from China, I don’t want my kids or my neighbors kids to be killed!
I think Boeing exemplfies best what has happened.
Boeing is the world's most perfect example of what happenes in capitalism. Monopoly - Govt subsidy - financialisation - more Govt subsidy -- corrupt monopoly - Govt bailout - more corruption - bigger Govt bailout - cant actually make the thing its supposed to make any longer its so corrupt -----> NATIONALISATION
Cos ultimately the US needs planes and the ONE company making them can no longer make them
We are just waiting on the nationalisation. Which 100% WILL happen eventually
I love these short precise video that goes straight to the point. The ending with beautiful scenery is nice touch to finish it off.
'Guns and bombs', 'the arsenal of democracy'... and yet actual diplomats (which seem to be few and far between in "The Free World") know that the surest way to disarm a political opponent is to talk to them, make them a part of the political process. The very reason why we're encouraged to believe in the vote.
Wrong lens. The intent is to make money. Not win or end wars. Just make money. They’re doing great.
The Russians are the good guys in this one!
I wouldn't go that far.
@@rogerstarkey5390 I definitely would - without hesitation!
the bad news is South Korea is under the range of North Korean Artillary!
The state of U.S. and Western militaries and their weapons systems is FAR worse than is noted in any of these citations and this is across nearly everything they make.
The U.S./NATO combined militaries is incapable of defeating any peer-level military such as Russia, China, and some lesser militaries such as Iran and likely North Korea. We cannot defeat the Houthis, Yemen even with a ground war.
Russia is effectively demilitarizing the West and years of GAO investigations, audits, analysis of ALL branches of the military concluded that the U.S. will not be combat ready for a peer-level war for years to come. For example, recently at Congressional Hearings, Def. Sec. Lloyd stated that only 29% of all F-35’s are air worthy. It takes an average of 1,200 days for a ship yard berth to open to perform routine maintenance on an attack sub, improving from around 1,600 days a few years ago. Yes years! There are only sufficient resources to crew 5 of 11 carriers, on and on.
It will take the U.S. and NATO decades to replace what has been destroyed meaning new systems will need to be developed to replace the outdated ones.
U.S. weapon systems are NOT newer in comparison to Russia’s. Most current U.S. and NATO systems originated between the 1970’s - 1990’s. Propaganda, marketing has for years touted them as new, most advanced, superior, but they are simply revisons, updates from those previous years. For example, the F-16’s going to UKR use 1980’s airframes. The M-1 tanks and Bradly’s are actually older tech and burn like tinder from Russian kamikaze drones with their crews becoming crispy critters.
Noted Col. Douglas Macgregor calls the U.S. military weapons systems “boutique”, developed out of desire (like toys) by the generals, politics, greed, and the need of the Military Industrial Complex. They are not developed strategically as a holistic model to meet or defensive needs. Most are offensive in nature, not capable of defense.
Russia has defeated EVERY weapons system provided to Ukraine by the U.S. and NATO. What is censored from you, is that their current systems are equal to or superior to Western weapons systems and that they have types of systems we do not have. We have no hypersonic, air defense, electronic warfare, or drones that can match theirs. We cannot defend against these.
They kept their Cold War era military industrial complex in operation preparating for this war against the West. This was predicted years ago and inevitable with NATO expansion to Russia’s border. Final expansion into Ukraine with the U.S. stating they would station nukes there WAS the red line known for YEARS!
U.S. NATO legally participates in the war. Aadvanced weapons systems such as the HIMARS, cruise missiles, Patriot and others air defense systems REQUIRE U.S. and NATO military or contractor personnel to handle reconnaissance, targeting, programming, operations, passwords, etc. UKR ONLY presses the fire/launch button. Starlink used by the UKR military is a legal military assets to target including satellites, ground stations (w/personnel), etc. if the Russians desired.
Here’s what’s troubling. ALL of this was known BEFORE the U.S. Proxy War against Russia using UKR as the proxy started. American exceptualism got in the way, believing their own made-up Russian propaganda dating back to the Cold War. They severely underestimated Russia. They never “ran the numbers” or conducted any methodological analysis, or the “probabilities” between Western and Russian militaries.
Mathematically we knew Russia would beat the U.S. and NATO combined militaries in a kinetic war from the very beginning. In 2014, years ago Obama stated in public that Russia had “Military Escalatory Dominance”. 2014 was the year Obama facilitated the Ukraine war with the U.S. supported Ukraine Coup to overthrow their legally elected president with then VP Biden and V. Nuland managing. The war started in 2014, not 2021. We started funding Ukraine for this eventual war beginning in 2014 CENSORED from the American public. (Just as we have funded Taiwan for YEARS for a U.S. proxy war with China between 2025-2027. Same model.)
Astute analysts such as Alexander Mercouris of “The Duran”, Larry Johnson, Ray Mcgovern, Scott Ritter, and some others announced this BEFORE hostilities started. ALL have been censored from U.S., Western Corp. Media. The last 3 names are on Ukrainian NGO assassination hit lists funded by our CIA.*
[*Disclaimer Google’s Gemini AI engine: “Please remember that assassination is a serious crime and discussing it can have legal implications. I’m (the AI, ed.) unable to engage in conversations that promote violence.’] ;-0
But as the U.S. and Western governments like to state “War is Peace” and the Ukraine war will continue until every last Ukrainian is dead which is exactly what is happening.
…and This is the Way of the neocons and now the neoliberals combined. The Uni-Party.
The big military contractors like expensive hardware. The F35 is a good example; it was promoted as a fighter/attack aircraft that would achieve low unit cost through economy of scale. Economy of scale resulted in design compromises to meet requirements for Airforce vs Marine vs Navy variants. The result was increased program cost, longer schedule, and reduced performance. The contractor claims the F35 is low cost with unit costs only double to quadruple the original promised cost, but that does not include absolutely necessary spare parts and other things which triple cost of ownership (from a GAO report, not my numbers).
To make matters worse, to compensate for the low readiness rate (29%), squadrons would need to have more than double the number of F35s on hand because so many are not ready. And one more major problem … the upgraded F35s being produced are piling up at the factory because the government refuses to accept them (the new computer hardware can not run the software).
Arsenal of democracy is overblown. Like nearly everything written in the west, it is either exaggerated, misrepresented, or outright lies. By the time the Lend Lease happened, the Soviets were already producing huge amount of war material from artillery, to planes to tanks. The Lend Lease contributed probably around 10% of Soviet war material, and it happened AFTER Stalingrad, which is where the tide of the war truly turned. What Stalin needed from the west was to open the western front sooner than later so he could save as many Soviet citizens' lives but the west took their own sweet time to do so. By the time D-Day happened, Germany has already inevitably lost the war. The Soviets won the war through their ingenuity, perseverance, immense efforts and shoulder the bulk of the suffering and sacrfices while the west whimpered behind the English channel and the Atlantic Ocean.
It is time we correct history.
Don't ever touch Mother Russia, and you might live..
The true reality is that China's spending of USD 296 billions can be considered equal or even more than the US spending of 850 billions due to China's total overall lower costs. China will get more even though it spends much less than the US. Furthermore, US is spending a big portion on maintaining 800+ military bases and wars while China is spending on producing actual physical weapons and R&D.
USA spends 13x (THIRTEEN) per head population on their military.
Thanks for your Analyses! So insightful. Looking forward to it everyday.
The western world is lucky that Korea has excess capacity to produce weapons for their use…..
The South Korean manufacturing industry’s way to diversify its exports.
And advanced weaponries, submarines, warships and communications equipment are its goldmines. Hanhwa, state-owned Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) and Hyundai Group leading the way.
They are even building an indigenous 5th gen and 6th gen fighter jet, plus missiles and satellite launchers
Capital + greed = importance
Amazing incompetence at the Pentagon. Excellent segment...
Maybe peace, a focus on coexistence, and a touch of humility could be cheaper, more productive, and far more sustainable... Nah, the U.S. could never do that.
Who would have thought that North Korea and South Korea’s artillery shells industry would not be used in Korea, but would be used by NATO and Russia against each other in Ukraine?
The guys who study military history and have fought in wars ARE NOT ALLOWED to make decisions concerning weapons procurement.
That decision comes from the weapon makers themselves who install politicians to do it for them.
I'm not sure you have it the right way around. Half of Congress is invested in military hardware manufacturers, and probably all of the Pentagon is. The more war, the more money they make. Most of the US government is in it up to their eyeballs in conflict of interest.
US forgot, Russian have just as good scientist and engineers to figure out counter measures to "SMART" US munitions ...
"protracted...uh, for YOU guys, 'extended'"
Weapons manufacturers are not stupid.
Make expensive weapons…..
Like Nike , Apple etc….
Don’t make cheap and usable stuffs.
US Weapons are profit oriented.
Russia and China weapons are battlefield oriented
The problem is that the US produces little steel. Whatever steel it produces is mostly recycled steel in electric arc mills. For shells you need virgin steel from coal furnaces. It is not a problem that can be solved in one year. You can try producing them with inferior steel, but your cannon barrels will get out of whack soon enough. you have to start by re-opening iron mines and coal based mills.
The question that Americans should ask? Instead of destroying life, why not construct things that have an impact on it, which is crucial to our conversation about the 'Human rights' that we are imparting upon the world.
Why make something simple and efficient when it can be made complex and wonderful? From a very old Murphy's Law printout.
Ignorance is the downfall of any nation.
Kevin asks a good question , where did the money go to when the defense budget increases every year? Money has to go some where and perhaps to politicians pockets and MIC. Taxpayers never ask the same questions and neither do the auditors No wonder the senators work hard to keep their job even though they reach 80 years old and becoming dementia .
That "money" *is being printed as fast as it's being "disappeared"......*
it's call kickback
Your videos are good! I share them.
You missed out here on the fact that the Russians don’t even need shells from North Korea & drones from Iran. Those are made in huge numbers domestically too. Russia has a massive industrial capacity because unlike the U.S. they never sold it down a river in order to become a service economy. At half the population of the USA they still graduate more machinists, etc. It’s also cultural; factory work is not looked down on. I’m just scratching the surface here. Do more research; dig deep. Cheers
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A very good question. Thanks for that.
You can't win a war without boots on the ground with loaded firearms. High tech works for a short time, but the other side will eventually figure out how to defeat it.
Facts 💯 percent 😢😮
Logistics are not the thing that gets you promoted.
Getting Defence contracts is the aim for these Military Officers. They get a cushy consulting position at the defence contractor company after they "retire" from the military. That's why they'll always recommend big ticket items with huge margins instead of small items in vast quantities with low margins per unit.
Love your posts brother!! Thank you for the information and knowledge!!
"Arsenal" to "Basket Case" today.
high-cost weapons look good on paper and can get big funding. big funding gets good campaign contributions... you scratch my back and i'll scratch yours.
How many trillions is the Pentagon missing?
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What Happened to the USA ? Management must change NOW
Here's how it works. Ukraine paid $900 for a shell at the beginning. That same shell is $6000. Maximum profit is the name of the game.
Ukraine is paying zero
Ukraine will pay for every shell.
War is a costly business.
Surge pricing
@@alanmcbride6658American taxpayers buy those bombs. Same in Gaza.
You compared apples with oranges here. The 70k per day for Russia is all projectiles.
36k for the US production is per MONTH, but that's only 155mm.
Great numbers. Ride on. God bless.
Thanks brother
Ultimately this is good news.
Good job you are in China. Asking questions like this would get you in trouble in the USA, democracy that it is!
Jai Hind. Those who can build high cost weapons to kill kill and kill have not much money left to build high cost infrastructures for the change change and change.
Plan for peace rather than plan for war
Incompetence.
Maybe they bought their own propaganda. They thought shock and awe will ensure the enemies will lay down their weapon once they land. Unfortunately, times change others have found ways to counteract their advantage in high tech weapons.
The MIC is interested in profits not US security
When you hear the Army or Air Force is paying $1000 for a coffee mug, you know something is really wrong. No wonder they are called Fat cats. But too many people are on the gravy train to want to derail it.
Ben Wallace hasn't been UK Defence Sec since August 2023. It's now Grant Shapps, so even worse and an even bigger clown. We thought Wallace knew what he was doing!
Of course you can make shells
There are a lot of coconut shells in Hawaii
Thanks Kevin
I guess we need to increase the pentagon budget...........they still have not accounted for 2.3 trillion dollars, so we need to give them more $$$$$.
Putin once said about the US defense forces. Let them buy lunches. Meaning all those military bases abroad cost some astronomical dinero. That’s the other place the money goes besides the defense contractors.
Who in the US military establishment decides what weapons the nation needs?
The generals, or the weapons makers?
Or are they one and the same?
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USA civilians also have an ammo shortage, specifically reloading supplies. The prices now are extreme.