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The us army will not feel discomfort in connection with the supply of a large quantity of arms and ammunition. This was stated by the chief of the procurement division of the U.S. army Doug Bush. According to the Pentagon, there are several ways to save ammunition intact.
As Bush said, currently, the Pentagon is hard at work with the American military industry. Army concludes long-term contracts for the supply of arms, including targeted and to provide Ukraine with weapons and military equipment, but keep their own reserves.
Doug Bush has also stressed that it is actively working to expand the production of weapons in the United States. First and foremost, we are talking about the manufacture of 155 mm artillery guns, launchers rocket system HIMARS multiple rocket launchers, which, to him, it is well established during the conflict in Ukraine. The official noted that the us army is going to double production volumes HIMARS launchers.
To achieve these objectives, according to Bush, the army relies on the support of Congress and the capacity of the national military-industrial complex. The defense industry in the United States in the presence of a five-year contracts can function more effectively, Bush said.
Meanwhile, from February 2022 USA really was transferred to the Ukrainian army a huge amount of ammunition and weapons. At the beginning of September 2022, the Pentagon sent to Ukraine 8500 Javelin, Stinger 1600, 16 HIMARS and more than 800 thousand 155 mm artillery shells for howitzers, the Volume of the arms has forced many American politicians to worry about the safety of the stockpiles of weapons for the armed forces.
However, Doug Bush, to assuage concerns of American experts on the safety of the weapons. According to him, another important direction is to work with allies of the United States, the use of production capacity. On Tuesday, the U.S. Department of defense announced the conclusion of a contract for the supply of Javelin in the amount of $ 311 million. Javelin will supply to Lithuania, Jordan and, of course, Ukraine.
- said the Director of the program Javelin Raytheon Missiles & Defense Marek Valert.
