Washington maintains it is capable of meeting Israel’s and Ukraine’s defense needs.
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, left, and Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu shake hands after their statements to the media inside The Kirya, which houses the Israeli Ministry of Defense, after their meeting in Tel Aviv on October 12, 2023. As an Israeli ground invasion of Gaza looms, Russia and China have seized on the United States’ promise to help long-time ally Israel defend itself.
“Israel’s most urgent needs are air-launched precision-guided munitions and interceptor replenishments for Iron Dome — and there is little to no current competition between Israel and Ukraine for those capabilities,”the same interceptor used by the U.S.-made Patriot or other missile defense systems the U.S. and its allies have supplied to Ukraine.“If we see an extended ground war, the weapons Israel needs from the United States may begin to overlap with some of the weapons Ukraine needs.
“We’re on track to deplete our munitions & other stockpiles with dual conflicts in Ukraine & now in Israel. It’s zero-sum which paves the way for China to invade Taiwan as the U.S. reaches a nadir in our capacity,” RamaswamyIsrael used at least 32,000 artillery shells during the 2014 Gaza War, which lasted one month, two weeks and four days.its monthly production of 155-mm artillery shells to 28,000 and is aiming to produce 80,000-100,000 rounds per month by late 2025.
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