The ammo we have slated for disposal can still be good depending on how it was stored. If properly stored it can last for decades. If it is good we need to retain it for war reserves as we have depleted quite a bit by sending it there. Also if any of those rounds are duds or have issues from not being properly stored it doesn’t help but is dangerous to the Ukrainian warfighters.
Time for us to get out as we can no longer sustain it. Russia has China and India plus many others behind them. When you add it all up its not good. We are not ready to fight WW3. Getting into a global conflict over this is not worth it.
If it is scheduled for expensive disposal then it is not part of our war stocks, it is an expensive burden waiting for disposal.
Having it used against Russia and reducing their capabilities is a double money saving win, our junk is destroyed avoiding our costly disposal regulations and at the same time reducing the threat it was built for.
It’s like it actually got used in the war we were going to use it for but we aren’t actually having to be in that war.
As far as storage, we seem to have high storage standards for ammunition.
“The ammo we have slated for disposal can still be good depending on how it was stored.”
Many dead Ruzzians would agree with you. Still, this stuff is past its ‘best-by’ date and it was/is slated for disposal.