“a third of Russian shell production.”
Russia claims a lot of things.
Meanwhile, here’s an article that predates the current propaganda war:
https://www.hrw.org/news/2021/01/29/us-defense-contractor-distances-itself-cluster-munitions
“According to a 2017 Department of Defense letter, the US has destroyed approximately 3.7 million cluster munitions, containing 406.7 million submunitions, from its stocks since 2008.
The US still stockpiles millions of cluster munitions for possible use.”
Millions. And an article that was on FR in the past month or so said that 300,000 of these cluster munition artillery shells were designated for disposal and now they’re being sent to Ukraine.
That’s living off of the old inventory of the past. (good for 500 days, then what?)
Current production is less than 1000 per day, going to 3000 per day.
By 2026 they will do 6000 per day.
Ukraine needs 7000 per day. Russia produces 20K+ per day.
https://www.thedefensepost.com/2023/08/15/us-155mm-shell-production/