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For the American administration, there is a clear problem with further active support of Ukraine with weapons. This is due to the statements of the head of the Chinese defense ministry that if the United States continues to arm Taiwan and refuses to recognize the island as an integral part of the PRC, then Beijing can resolve the issue militarily. Also in Beijing, it was the United States of America that was accused of unleashing the Ukrainian conflict.
In such a situation, an increasing number of American experts are wondering whether the US military-industrial complex will "pull" simultaneous large-scale supplies of weapons and ammunition to both Ukraine and Taiwan. The main emphasis is on the fact that Taiwan, unlike Ukraine, is solvent, but at the same time, the volume of weapons for "protection from China" to the island can take away huge resources from the American military-industrial complex.
It is noted that the situation may develop in a paradoxical way, when more than 70 percent of weapons in the near future in the United States will be produced not for the US army and navy, but for "non-aligned allies" - Ukraine and Taiwan. If you keep the volume of deliveries.
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American experts say that more than three quarters of the anti-tank missile systems and MANPADS delivered there have already been lost in Ukraine. At the same time, manufacturers do not guarantee that by the end of the year they will be able to reach a level of production that would not only cover the needs of the APU, but also guarantee the restoration of the spent volumes of their own arsenals. If supplies are also made to Taiwan at the same level "in case of China's war against the island," then "the American military-industrial complex may run out of steam," especially when inflationary risks are taken into account. To date, inflation in the United States has exceeded 8.6% in annual terms. There has been nothing like this in the USA for several decades. New loans could help American companies, but today inflation in the States reduces the profitability of production to virtually zero at the credit rates offered by banks – even taking into account subsidies from the state.
Britain could join the process of supplying weapons to Taiwan, but there are similar problems there. One of the main ones is inflation, which has already crossed the 9% mark. Britain also supplies large quantities of weapons to Ukraine, which simply cannot pay for it, but instead calls on Western partners to also help solve the budget deficit problem. Ukraine's budget deficit has reached an absolute record in the history of Ukraine's "independence" – 5 billion euros per month.
