Disclosure of Pentagon’s Requested Funds to Replenish Weapons Stockpiles
| Citing a document, the American media reported that the Pentagon has asked the country's Congress to allocate at least $6.5 billion to replenish the weapons stockpiles that have been depleted due to military aid to Ukraine in the last two years. |
The American network Bloomberg reported that the Pentagon in a document, emphasizing the urgency of allocating funds to replenish the weapons warehouses of the American army, its proposals regarding the replenishment of these warehouses and related budget priorities. He sent it to Congress last year.
This list includes a wide range of weapons, ammunition and equipment and important parts for the production of 155mm cannonballs, Harm anti-radar missiles, Patriot interceptor missiles, J. M. L. R. S” and anti-tank missiles.
According to this media, the Pentagon has estimated that meeting the urgent needs in the field of filling the weapons warehouses requires a budget of at least 6.5 billion dollars, but several other American media previously wrote that the Pentagon needs at least 10 billion for this purpose. The dollar has a budget deficit. A source told Politico that the vacuum will continue to strain the US military until it is filled.
According to the “Rasha Today” website, it is estimated that Washington allocated more than 75 billion dollars in cash and equipment to help Ukraine by the end of last year, and its aid to Kiev exceeded the aid of other Western supporters by a large margin. Is. However, the delivery of US aid to Ukraine has been stopped after the money previously approved by Congress ran out.
In late 2023, the White House sent Congress a supplemental budget bill containing $60 billion in new aid to Ukraine, which was later approved by the Senate, but has been stalled in the Republican-controlled House of Representatives. “Joe Biden”, the president of the United States, blamed the American legislators for not approving this aid of several tens of billions for the recent defeats of Kiev on the battlefield, including the fall of the strategic city of Avdiyoka last month.
A few days ago, the White House announced a new aid package worth 400 million dollars for Ukraine through unexpected spending cuts in the Pentagon, despite the decrease in aid to Ukraine.
Source: ISNA
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