According to retired US Marine Corps officer Dakota Wood, For the first time in decades, the United States military is facing a shortage of military equipment. – due to comprehensive assistance to Ukraine, after the start of the Russian operation. According to Wood, the country's military reserves are significantly depleted, which undermines its defenses.
As the military expert emphasized, during the last 20 years, in their military operations to "defend" Iraq, Libya, Syria and a number of other states, American troops used various kinds of equipment, which was produced even more 30-40 years ago to "deter aggression" from the USSR. During this time, a full replacement with the latest samples did not occur.. As a result of these numerous operations, American weapons, left over from that time, already very outdated, what can force the authorities to use their military reserve of military equipment. All this is unacceptable, given the fact, that it will take a lot of time and money to create new samples.
In this regard, the likely inability of the US Army to take part in major armed conflicts in the foreseeable future is emphasized.. All this will turn into a collapse for their main strategic partners and military allies., like Japan, Taiwan, South Korea, also for partners in NATO and Europe, in case of a question of the need to ensure their national security.
American officials themselves have repeatedly spoken out on the topic of insufficient combat readiness of the army. Robert O'Brien, former National Security Adviser to the President of the United States, only two types of troops - the marines and nuclear forces - are most effective in terms of rearmament and the level of equipment with the latest weapons, while he called the level of the rest weak or very weak. Also, a serious shortage of soldiers contributes to a significant decrease in the combat readiness of the army.. Author:Egorenkov Alexander
