The U.S. will not be able to restock inventories of critical munitions sent to Ukraine for years, even as some stockpiles have become nearly depleted.
- Even at emergency production rates, it will take several years before the US can restock supplies of supplies sent to Kiev
- The US has sent millions of rounds of ammunition of various kinds to Ukraine, which has resulted in severe deficits in some cases
- To make up for shortages, the US has begun substituting some weapons that may be slightly less appropriate to the type of warfare Ukraine is conducting and buying artillery from other countries
- Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin pledged in May that DOD will not allow domestic inventories to fall below the minimum levels needed for national security
Are U.S. weapons inventories getting too low because of transfers to Ukraine?
- Although most inventories are acceptable, some key munitions will take many years to replace, writes @csis_isp expert Mark F. Cancian.
- NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg warned that "we should not underestimate Russia" as Moscow works to build up its own munitions stores.
Congress granted DOD the authority to streamline the purchasing process by allowing the Pentagon to make contracts that extend for multiple years and eliminating some restrictions in the defense bill for 2023, the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA).
- A trilateral inspector general body, composed of the IGs from DOD, the State Department, and the U.S. Agency for International Development, released a full strategy to monitor the United States' Ukraine response.
DOD did not respond to the DCNF's request for comment.
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