Russia is ramping up military production even if it will cripple their economy. They are also clearing prisons and putting unskilled workers that would be better off delivering pizzas into the factories.
Russia is having major issues with arms manufacturing, presenting a compounding challenge for the country’s embattled economy
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Makes sense since the Pentagon assesses that Russia will run out of serviceable ammunition soon. Serviceable means new instead of 40 year old munitions with high failure rates
Moscow is faced with relying more heavily on degraded rockets and shells, which could ratchet up risks to its own troops and leave unexploded ordnance strewn across Ukraine.
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Meanwhile, the US is ramping up the production of artillery shells to deliver to Ukraine. This includes a $391M contract to an Ontario company
As Ukraine rapidly burns through 155mm artillery rounds to fight back the Russian invasion, the U.S. Army is scrambling to increase production capacity.
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