The chronically low stock of Patriot missiles illustrates why it is vital to know if Trump is on Epstein s blackmail list or not.
It is not in America s interest for Trump to be sending Patirot and other missiles to Israel and the Ukraine when the USA s cupboard is almost bare and when he has jeopardised the production of more missiles by cutting off the supply of rare earth metals from China is a botched trade war, which the US Defence Industry needs.
The embargo comes as a new North American plant which can process rare metals is set to operate at only 25% of its anyway rather low capacity this year due to a wait for equipment.
By sending US missiles to Israel and the Ukraine, Trump has put America in danger.
His actions are completely consistent with the notion he is on a blackmail list held by Epstein, Mossad, and other entities and serving their interests at the expense of America s capacity to defend itself.
From media
The United States only has about 25% of the Patriot missile interceptors it needs for all of the Pentagon’s military plans after burning through stockpiles in the Middle East in recent months, an alarming depletion that led to the Trump administration freezing the latest transfer of munitions to Ukraine.
The stockpile of the Patriot missiles has fallen so low that it raised concern inside the Pentagon that it could jeopardize potential US military operations, and deputy defense secretary, Stephen Feinberg, authorized the transfer to be halted while they reviewed where weapons were being sent.
Donald Trump appeared to reverse at least part of that decision on Monday when he told reporters in advance of a dinner at the White House with Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu that he would “send some more weapons” to Ukraine, although he did not disclose at the time whether that would include Patriot systems.
...
But the abrupt pause has come at a critical time for Ukraine, as Russia last week launched its largest aerial offensive to date and Ukraine has limited options to acquire both precision-guided and more basic weapons to hold off increasingly intense Russian attacks.
Ukraine is also largely unable to directly buy weapons from defense contractors for its purposes, since a new order is estimated to take years to fulfill, and it would only be completed after the Pentagon had its own orders completed since the defense department is a higher priority customer.
Trump’s decision to reverse course and allow some defensive munitions to be sent to Ukraine appears to have come amid growing frustration with Russian president Vladimir Putin, who he criticized on Monday for not helping end the war.
Spokespeople for the White House and the Pentagon confirmed some transfers would resume at Trump’s direction but did not specify whether the weapons being sent to Ukraine would involve munitions at critically low levels.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jul/08/us-pentagon-military-plans-patriot-missile-interceptor
US weapons manufacturers can only produce approximately 500 Patriot missiles per year. The US used dozens of interceptors to defend Israel from Iranian retaliatory attacks last month.
https://www.zerohedge.com/military/us-patriot-missile-stockpile-fraction-what-pentagon-needs-trump-arms-ukraine
The Saskatchewan Research Council (SRC) rare earth element processing plant is only operating at about 25 per cent of its expected output this year after months of waiting for key equipment. (Bloomberg)
....
The plant is among the first in North America to combine three key steps of metal processing, simplifying the supply chain for products like wind turbines, fighter jets and MRI machines. Meanwhile, Impala’s Lac des Iles mine near Thunder Bay, Ont., is set to close, shuttering one of North America’s only sources of pure palladium, which is needed to reduce harmful vehicle emissions.
https://thelogic.co/briefing/slow-rollout-of-saskatchewan-plant-wounds-north-americas-rare-earth-ambitions/
No comments:
Post a Comment