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2023-09-18 Economy

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Posted by Enver Slager8035 2023-09-18 00:00|| E-Mail|| Front Page|| [19 views ] Top

#1 Hurray for the military industrial complex! This war is the best thing that ever happened to them.

Just think, what if they had influence inside the us government? They could start wars for their own profit! Sadly just a crazy conspiracy theory though.

Posted by Otto Gurly-Brown9938 2023-09-18 04:46|| 2023-09-18 04:46|| Front Page Top

#2 The Widows and Orphans Ammunition Fund may be able to help.

Posted by Ululating Platypus 2023-09-18 08:07|| 2023-09-18 08:07|| Front Page Top

#3 Atlantic columnist Kori Sheik wrote that in the event of a large-scale war, the United States would run out of ammunition in a few weeks, and would have enough weapons for less than seven days.

Unfortunately, this isn't too far off. Towards the end of the cold war, we could probably have made it thirty days, and then the cupboards would have been bare. Now....7-10 days for PGMs, maybe enough straight ammo for three weeks. Then we're done.

Mike

Posted by MikeKozlowski 2023-09-18 14:38|| 2023-09-18 14:38|| Front Page Top

#4 What a great time for somebody to start another war!

Posted by Bobby 2023-09-18 15:04|| 2023-09-18 15:04|| Front Page Top

#5 Whose army is gonna march across the Atlantic or Pacific? AFAIK, the US Army hasn't released the size of its artillery stockpile. The only number I saw (can't vouch for accuracy) was 7.5 million cluster shells. 5.5 million for the US and 2 million held in reserve for allies. Then there the stockpiles of the US Air Force, Navy and Marines.

Posted by Enver Slager8035 2023-09-18 22:28|| 2023-09-18 22:28|| Front Page Top

#6 I read that Russian production of artillery shells is in the 50-60,000/month range. Opening new factories requires imported machinery that can be embargoed/intercepted.

Posted by Enver Slager8035 2023-09-18 22:32|| 2023-09-18 22:32|| Front Page Top

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