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The U.S. and Europe are running out of weapons to send to Ukraine - CNBC
Sep 28, 2022 1 min, 47 secs
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.

Unless we have new production, which takes months to ramp up, we're not going to have the ability to supply the Ukrainians," Des Roches told CNBC. .

"The military stocks of most [European NATO] member states have been, I wouldn't say exhausted, but depleted in a high proportion, because we have been providing a lot of capacity to the Ukrainians," Josep Borrell, the EU's high representative for foreign affairs and security policy, said earlier this month. .

Some of the weapons that are running low are no longer being produced, and highly-skilled labor and experience are required for their production — things that have been in short supply across 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.

And the Biden administration has said it will support its ally Ukraine for "as long as it takes" to defeat Russia. .

to boost overall weapons production significantly, Cancian said

"We need to put our defense industrial base on a wartime footing," Des Roches said

Jack Watling, an expert on land warfare at the Royal United Services Institute in London, believes there is still ample scope for Ukraine to supply itself with many of the weapons it needs. 

"There is sufficient time to resolve that problem before it becomes critical in terms of stepping up manufacture," Watling said, noting that Kyiv can source certain ammunition from countries that don't immediately need theirs, or whose stocks are about to expire

"So we can continue to supply Ukraine," Watling said, "but there is a point where especially with certain critical natures, the Ukrainians will need to be cautious about their rate of expenditure and where they prioritize those munitions, because there isn't an infinite supply."

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