The U.S. and Europe are running out of weapons to send to Ukraine

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https://www.cnbc.com/2022/09/28/the-us-and-europe-are-running-out-of-weapons-to-send-to-ukraine.html

The U.S. and Europe are running out of weapons to send to Ukraine
Published Wed, Sep 28 20222:21 AM EDTUpdated Wed, Sep 28 202212:22 PM EDT

Natasha Turak@NatashaTurak

Key Points

• NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg held a special meeting of the alliance’s arms directors to discuss ways to refill member nations’ weapons stockpiles.
• But ramping up defense production is no quick or easy feat.
• The U.S. has been by far the largest supplier of military aid to Ukraine in its war with Russia, providing $15.2 billion in weapons packages to date since Moscow invaded its neighbor in late February.

In the U.S. weapons industry, the normal production level for artillery rounds for the 155 millimeter howitzer — a long-range heavy artillery weapon currently used on the battlefields of Ukraine — is about 30,000 rounds per year in peacetime.

The Ukrainian soldiers fighting invading Russian forces go through that amount in roughly two weeks...