Biden withheld bomb shipment to Israel out of fear it could be used in Rafah: Source
abcnews.go.com
The Biden administration delayed the shipment of some 3,500 bombs to Israel that U.S. officials worried could be used in Rafah, an official tells ABC.
  • Buelldozer@lemmy.today
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    2 months ago

    More plausibly, US has now run through its stocks of weapons sending them to Ukraine, and doesn’t have the weapons to send.

    That is the most wildly implausible thing I've read on Lemmy today.

      • Buelldozer@lemmy.today
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        2 months ago

        Western media openly admits that US isn’t able to keep up with ammunition production for Ukraine.

        Yes, but that only applies to artillery shells and there's a very good reason.

        Try keep up with the real world.

        I do, which is why I know that things like JDAMS are entirely unconstrained. The U.S. has hundreds of thousands of them lying around.

        • ☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.ml
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          2 months ago

          Yes, but that only applies to artillery shells and there’s a very good reason.

          Reason being lack of industrial capacity. And it's not just artillery shells, it's a systemic problem https://rusi.org/explore-our-research/publications/commentary/attritional-art-war-lessons-russian-war-ukraine

          do, which is why I know that things like JDAMS are entirely unconstrained. The U.S. has hundreds of thousands of them lying around.

          Not really unconstrained given that US has delusions about fighting China. Also, how many of those still work is a question.