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cbsnews.com - Defense watchdog artillery plant production goals

A Pentagon watchdog report found that in the roughly two years since it was built, an ammunition plant in Mesquite, Texas, has not produced any parts for 155mm artillery rounds, hindering the Army’s goal to help backfill stocks of ammunition provided to Ukraine after Russia invaded in 2022.

Over the past four years, the Pentagon depleted its inventory of 155mm artillery by 3.6 million rounds, according to the report. The report does not note how many rounds are in the stockpile.

More than 3 million rounds were given to Ukraine through weapons packages committed by the Biden administration. Roughly 112,000 rounds were used for training and testing, and another 218,000 were sold to other countries.

stripes.com - Army artillery shell shortfall
The Defense Department’s aim was to produce 100,000 rounds a month of 155 mm shells by October 2025. But as of March, the Army was producing only about 36,000 rounds per month, the DOD inspector general said in a new report. The current shortfall stems largely from the failure of a $469 million contractor-operated plant in Mesquite, Texas, to produce a single shell meeting Army specifications, the IG said.

More crappy defense products like F-35 & Gerald Ford aircraft carrier. I understand the US Navy is looking at producing a Trump class battleship.

Ludicrous

economictimes.indiatimes.com - America fired patriot missiles but replaced only is the US missile stockpile crisis leaving ukraine taiwan and
The US missile stockpile crisis is now exposing a deeper global defense weakness as America fired more than 1,000 Patriot interceptors but replaced only 172 during the Iran war. Pentagon missile reserves are shrinking fast. Patriot missile shortages are now affecting Ukraine and Taiwan at the same time. Defense experts warn some US missile defense systems may not recover before 2029.

cnn.com - US military missile stockpile
The US military has significantly depleted its stockpile of key missiles during the war with Iran and created a “near-term risk” of running out of ammunition in a future conflict should one arise in the next few years, according to experts and three people familiar with recent internal Defense Department stockpile assessments.

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