The US Can’t Produce As Much Ammunition As Russian

One of the craziest revelations of the Ukraine War is that the US can’t produce as much ammunition as Russia, even though the US spends over $800B/year on defense, which is 10X Russia. American taxpayers must be getting royally ripped off by the military-industrial complex.

60 minutes covered this the other month… so much of the budget is wasted.

“Shay Assad, a former Defense Department contract negotiator, said the Pentagon overpays for almost everything – from missiles and planes to spare parts.”