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RE: https://mas.to/@aljazeera_gotgrip/117074834373920624

Here is another example of *Dumb arse* reporting… latching on to previous reports that the US military is running out of ‘ammunition’ which is not the case. Closer to the truth, it is running out of specific missile types, in this case *Patriot* missiles (Pac3 for the Patriot ABM systems). That much we know and we know it is true because #Ukraine has run out and is being pummelled by Russian baliistic missiles. The US is not running out of bullets (5.56) or rockets (rolling airframe 90mm ammo for airborne pods and naval batteries) or even 155mm artillery shells, etc… And there is a very good reason for that. It’s not about money but about *What* and *How much* to stockpile for *How long*.

Consider advances in technology that will make a missile obsolete overnight because the adversary has developed a *Counter*, or because the manufacturer has developed a cheaper, better, more lethal successor to a particular missile (Pac1, —> Pac2 —> Pac3 Patriot missiles). How many potentially obsolete missiles do you want to stockpile? This is also why production runs are limited in numbers, and why there is a concerted effort to produce *upgradable* missiles. Low production runs are expensive and the manufacturer will not expand its production capacity beyond near term contracts certainties.

And I’m only scratching the surface here. This is why this AJ report (Vid of some supposed expert in defence matters) is shallow, inaccurate, and lazy journalism which misleads (running out of ammo) and misdirects (it’s a budget mismanagement issue). AJ, once you’ve taken into account its biases, is a trusted news source. But even AJ makes monumental reporting errors at times.

Keep your wits about you dear readers and *question everything* you read from news outlets.

#ThisIsNotJournalism #AlJazeera #USMilitary #PAtriotMissiles #AmmunitionInventory #Ukraine #USIsraelIranWar #MIssileStockpiles #LazyJournalism #ExpertsCommentary #BSanalysis #BSNews #ClickBait

RE: https://mas.to/@aljazeera_gotgrip/117074834373920624

Here is another example of *Dumb arse* reporting… latching on to previous reports that the US military is running out of ‘ammunition’ which is not the case. Closer to the truth, it is running out of specific missile types, in this case *Patriot* missiles (Pac3 for the Patriot ABM systems). That much we know and we know it is true because #Ukraine has run out and is being pummelled by Russian baliistic missiles. The US is not running out of bullets (5.56) or rockets (rolling airframe 90mm ammo for airborne pods and naval batteries) or even 155mm artillery shells, etc… And there is a very good reason for that. It’s not about money but about *What* and *How much* to stockpile for *How long*.

Consider advances in technology that will make a missile obsolete overnight because the adversary has developed a *Counter*, or because the manufacturer has developed a cheaper, better, more lethal successor to a particular missile (Pac1, —> Pac2 —> Pac3 Patriot missiles). How many potentially obsolete missiles do you want to stockpile? This is also why production runs are limited in numbers, and why there is a concerted effort to produce *upgradable* missiles. Low production runs are expensive and the manufacturer will not expand its production capacity beyond near term contracts certainties.

And I’m only scratching the surface here. This is why this AJ report (Vid of some supposed expert in defence matters) is shallow, inaccurate, and lazy journalism which misleads (running out of ammo) and misdirects (it’s a budget mismanagement issue). AJ, once you’ve taken into account its biases, is a trusted news source. But even AJ makes monumental reporting errors at times.

Keep your wits about you dear readers and *question everything* you read from news outlets.

#ThisIsNotJournalism #AlJazeera #USMilitary #PAtriotMissiles #AmmunitionInventory #Ukraine #USIsraelIranWar #MIssileStockpiles #LazyJournalism #ExpertsCommentary #BSanalysis #BSNews #ClickBait