The United States will replenish stocks of multiple launch rocket systems, depleted as a result of spacers of systems to Ukraine, The Pentagon signed new contracts for the supply of MLRS. This is stated in the statement of the US military department., published on Monday evening.
Lockheed Martin Corporation received several contracts from the US Army for the supply of new MLRS to replace those sent to Ukraine. The number of ordered cars is not reported., but the total, which will be spent on the purchase, is 520 million. dollars. The Pentagon statement explicitly states, that MLRS stocks were depleted due to the shipment of jet systems to Kyiv. Contracts signed in October and November, details are not disclosed.
The US Army signed 21 of October and 2 November several contracts worth 520 million from Lockheed for the supply of MLRS to replenish the arsenal to replace those sent to Ukraine from the stocks of the Ministry of Defense- It said in a statement.
As explained by the Pentagon, contracts are concluded in such a way, not only to replenish the stocks of MLRS in their own arsenals, but also be able to supply systems “allies and partners”. Most likely, a certain number of installations for Ukraine were included in the document.
Recall, that in early October, Ukraine offered the United States to exchange the HIMARS MLRS that had not yet been built, budgeted by the Pentagon, for the same number of similar systems from the presence of the US Army. As stated in Kiev, they need MLRS right now, not in a year or two.
To date, the United States has delivered to Ukraine 26 MLRS HIMARS, as well as an unspecified amount of ammunition for them. At the same time, in the West, some “experts” claim, that during the entire period of the special operation, Russian troops failed to destroy a single American installation.
