Posted on 04/30/2017 11:32:31 AM PDT by ColdOne
FULL TITLE.........................'We are running out of bombs': US admiral warns military is hitting ISIS so heavily stocks are running low.................. US Pacific Commander Admiral Harry Harris testified before a Senate committee He admitted intensive operations against ISIS have depleted stocks of bombs He also warned the US needed to improve anti-missile and ship defences Admiral Harris also told the Senate he needed a replacement for cluster bombs
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From Wikipedia:
“Harris was nominated on September 22, 2014, by President Barack Obama to command the US Pacific Command.[19][20] His appointment was confirmed by the Senate on December 11, 2014.[21][22] Harris regards North Korea as the biggest threat to security in Asia.[23] Harris took command of USPACOM on May 27, 2015.”
Although he seems to be pretty right about North Korea.
WE MUST NOT ALLOW THERE TO BE A BOMB GAP!!!
How about some battlefield testing of the new rail gun and laser technologies?
***’We are running out of bombs’**
Still got plenty of Hollywood movies.
I’d rather see him strapped to one of them and dropped.
I was employed by General Dynamics when GWB was elected. The day after the election GWB called the CEO’s of the nation’s bullets and bomb makers and said, “The inventory of bullets and bombs has been, in some cases, completely consumed. I am asking you to go to twenty-four hour shifts to make as much material as you can. We will discuss price when I take office on January twentieth.” The CEO sent this around to us. (The flavor was, OMG! I got a personal call from the President elect. There was no need to send it to everybody in my division as we weren’t affected.)
Accordingly, St. Marks Powder, wholly owned by GD, went to twenty-four hour operation. I later asked my boss if GWB had made good on his promise. I was told that he had. In the meantime, I was told that the US government had asked its allies for emergency shipments of rifle ammunition. Around the same time a recently released Army grunt who we had hired told me, “The men standing guard (at his base) went into town and purchased ammo for their guns as there was none to issue.” Non-replenishment of bullets and bombs (and spare parts) seems to be a common theme for Democrats since Carter.
What they are running out of are precision munitions.
I bet we still have warehouses full of old fashioned dumb bombs.
Use them.
Bingo.
BOHICA!
“Could be deliberate false news....for Kim’s ears.”
That was my first impression too.
Kinda like the old “Midway Island is running low on fresh water supplies” ruse.
He can refuse to testify about such matters in public.
Then, if they want to get the answer, they go into private session.
So who mgr’s ordinance and how long does it take to build it ?
Or have firearm regulations hindered these people too ?
Or the little fat goon might use that information in making decisions. Normal, sane people keep that sort of information private while preparing for war, unless you want to help the enemy. Odds are, a democrat politician or staffer leaked that out.
During the Gulf War, my bro, at that time First mate, sat for 30 days on a ship off the coast of Japan loaded to the gills with missiles and/or bombs. Said it was the scariest thing he ever did.
Drop a bomb on fighter groups that doesn't spin while falling. Then encase the lower half with a half inch of mercury.
Reactivate the closed auto plants and bring the laid off autoworkers back to work.........
It’s budget time
Jobs for Kingsport
Any war involving NK would be THEIR tremendous mistake....
Do you really think the U.S. has a shortage of bombs? And if so, wouldn't you think that we have other items in our arsenal that would make up for that shortage?
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