The concern is the rate at which SM-3 missiles and other ordnances, including the SM-2 and SM-6, are now being fired. The U.S. is now depleting its stockpiles faster than the missiles can be replaced, and that has raised alarms.
Lol and the navy was the only branch of US military that remained relatively well stocked because they mostly didn’t send weapons to Ukraine. Turned out that “relatively” was 2 sizeable operations from entering logistic hole.
Lol and the navy was the only branch of US military that remained relatively well stocked because they mostly didn’t send weapons to Ukraine. Turned out that “relatively” was 2 sizeable operations from entering logistic hole.
I don’t think anybody realized just how desperate the state of the western MIC was until the wars started.