Pentagon's "End-of-Year" Wishlist for Ukraine's Military Falls Far Short

Update on Russian military operations in and around Ukraine for December 23, 2022:Show more

- US prepares a 1.85 billion USD aid package for Ukraine;
- Package includes Patriot missile battery;
- Western media notes Ukraine's use of Patriot missiles will compound existing missile shortage;
- Package falls short in terms of artillery ammunition;
- Pentagon contracts for additional ammunition for Ukraine's Soviet-era weapon systems falls far short of meeting Ukraine's weekly requirements let alone what it will require over the next month or year;
- Pentagon provides a "fact sheet" listing all support the US has provided since Russia's special military operation began in late February;
- Many systems on the Pentagon's end-of-year list cannot be replaced nor production ramped up for years to come;
- Russia's military appears prepared for long-term, intense, large-scale combat, it's forces arrayed for such fighting, its stockpiles large enough to supply it, hinting at the possibility Russia's military industrial output is also prepared to sustain it.

References:

US Department of Defence - $1.85 Billion in Additional Security Assistance for Ukraine Dec. 21, 2022:
https://www.defense.gov/News/Releases/Release/Article/3252782/185-billion-in-additional-security-assistance-for-ukraine/
US DoD - Fact Sheet on (total) U.S. Security Assistance to Ukraine (as of December 21, 2022):
https://media.defense.gov/2022/Dec/21/2003136422/-1/-1/0/20221216-UKRAINE-FACT-SHEET-PDA28-USAI1.PDF
The New Atlas - US to Send Patriot Missiles to Ukraine, CNN Says…:
https://youtu.be/4LCXKve29wg
Guardian - Providing US Patriot missiles could transform Ukraine’s defences. But it’s a move with risks:
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/dec/20/us-patriot-missiles-war-ukraine-nato-defence-system
Alexander Mercouris - Russia Bakhmut Advances, Zelensky US Trip Achieves Nothing, Putin Announces Massive Rearmament:
https://youtu.be/TeeJo7Ui0jg
Camden News - Lockheed Martin accelerates production of PAC-3 MSE:
https://www.camdenarknews.com/news/2021/nov/29/lockheed-martin-accelerates-production-of-pac-3/
TIME - What Can a U.S.-Supplied Patriot Missile System Do for Ukraine?:
https://time.com/6241373/us-supplies-patriot-missiles-ukraine/
Raytheon Missiles & Defense - Excalibur Projectile:
https://www.raytheonmissilesanddefense.com/what-we-do/land-warfare/precision-weapons/excalibur-projectile

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