It will focus on the “industry’s ability” to support Ukraine if the war drags on for several years.
The meeting was organized just a few days ago / photo getty images
The Pentagon will convene today, April 13, a closed-to-press meeting of leading US defense contractors to discuss the industry’s ability to support Ukraine in the war against Russian occupiers.
CNN writes about this with reference to the words of a representative of the Ministry of Defense and a representative of the armaments sector .
The meeting will bring together eight major defense contractors: General Dynamics, Lockheed Martin and others.
The classified discussion will include proposals to speed up production of existing systems and develop new systems that are key to helping Ukraine’s Defense Department and US allies, a Pentagon official said.
The meeting was organized just a few days ago, he said. The official said the contractors were told the focus would be on the “industry’s ability” to support Ukraine if the war dragged on for several years.
The point, according to a US Department of Defense official, is that the US authorities allegedly “envisions that this will be a multi-year work” for a scenario in which Ukraine will not be able to safely produce weapons on its territory.
In the meantime, the source said, contractors are likely to talk about major challenges that US defense manufacturing still faces, including ongoing supply chain issues and a shortage of available labor. This limits defense manufacturing capacity and could get worse as increases in U.S. defense spending and Ukraine contracts “vie for manufacturing capacity,” the official said.
As you know, the United States is ready to send more weapons to Ukraine , which requires additional training.
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Yes it could go on for years as a proxy war; without decisive intervention.
Therefore Ukraine needs a comprehensive state of the art air defence architecture, which could take months or years to complete. It needs cruise missiles to attack inside Russia and smash Russian cities to rubble.
There needs to be a huge mobilisation inside Ukraine. They will need 750,000 combat troops, with another 500,000 in reserves and support.
To pay for the above, all assets held by Russians in North America and Europe must be converted to cash and sent to Ukraine.
Ukraine must join the EU. They are arseholes who financed this war; now they must pay to rebuild Ukraine.
Ukraine must now be armed with nukes. What alternative is there?
I agree on renuclearizing Ukraine. I don’t see any alternative. Ukraine should be in NATO and the EU.
If Finland is admitted to NATO, that will probably result in Putin having to redirect troops to the Finnish frontier. However, if Putin is stupid enough to have wars going with both Ukraine and Finland, then he will deserve the swift punishment his country draws on itself. Unlike Ukraine, Finland is prepared to fight as it has the same fighting spirit the Ukrainians do, but it also has the material backing needed already.
Given Putin’s thug’s performance in Ukraine, it will be another winter war slaughter and it would probably mean the end of what is left of the Russian empire.
If sanctions were worth anything, this war should be over soon due to the lack of funds for mafia land. So, what the hell are they talking about that it could last months or even years???