Ukraine Hloov $ 21.9 nphom hauv Teb Chaws Asmeskas Tub Rog Tshaj Tawm rau hauv Kev Ntshai Ntshai

Cov npe ntawm Asmeskas kev ruaj ntseg pab rau Ukraine txij li thaum pib ntawm Russia "tsis muaj kev tawm tsam thiab kev ua phem phem" yog qhov zoo siab. Dab tsi yog impressive tshaj yog tias cov $ 21.9 nphom hauv Asmeskas kev pab tub rog tau raug dominated los ntawm loj thib ob-txoj hlua iav, muaj xws li tsis nrov los yog qis-tech systems uas yog, nyob rau hauv ntau zaus, ntawm txoj kev mus rau lub scrapyard.

Raws li Congress tau npaj siab los txwv Biden Thawj Tswj Hwm tus txheeb ze loj, nws tsim nyog hais tias cov kev pab cuam, txog rau hnub no, tsis yog ntau dhau los yog hem rau Asmeskas kev ruaj ntseg hauv tebchaws.

Txog niaj hnub no, Asmeskas kev pab tub rog rau Ukraine tau raug nqi tsawg dua li cas Congress tau them nyiaj rau kev yuav khoom ob Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) chav kawm nuclear-powered aircraft carriers. Nyob rau hauv tag nrho, cov neeg them se yuav muab qee qhov $ 26 nphom rau hauv USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) thiab USS John F. Kennedy (CVN 79). Nyob rau hauv kev sib piv rau cov teeb meem flattops, lub $ 21.9 billion rau Ukraine zoo nkaus li yog ib tug zoo dua rov qab los ntawm kev nqis peev.

Kev pab rau Ukraine tau, qhov tseeb, rhuav tshem cov tub rog Lavxias, nthuav tawm nws tsawg dua li daim ntawv tsov. Tsov rog tau pab rhuav tshem Russia ib zaug-burgeoning caj npab bazaar, rhuav tshem Lavxias kev siv zog los ua kom tsis muaj teeb meem hauv cheeb tsam. Ua kom muaj kev sib ntaus sib tua tau txhawb nqa Ukraine txoj kev cog lus rau lawv lub teb chaws, qhov tseem ceeb rau kev txhawb nqa zej zog thiab kev tiv thaiv kev noj nyiaj txiag muaj. Ua kom yooj yim rau Ukraine qhov kev tawm tsam kuj tseem tuaj yeem xaus lub kleptocractic kav ntawm Vladimir Putin, paving txoj kev rau ib tug ntau ncaj ncees-yog hais tias tsis ntau kev ywj pheej-lub zej zog nyob rau hauv Russia nws tus kheej.

Kev ua tsov ua rog tau ua qhov pov thawj zoo rau kev tsis sib haum xeeb niaj hnub no, yuam US kom paub txog "kev ua tsov rog loj" cov qauv kev tsis sib haum xeeb uas nws tau ua rau ntau xyoo lawm. Kev ua tsov ua rog kuj tau txhawb nqa qhov tseem ceeb ntawm cov khoom siv qub, tho txawv cov khoom qub, cov khoom hauv Teb Chaws Asmeskas feem ntau tsis quav ntsej nyob rau hauv qhov kev mus tas li ntawm cov thev naus laus zis tshiab thiab ci ntsa iab tshaj plaws - zoo li cov nqi pheej yig. FordCov cab kuj.

Hauv tag nrho, $ 21.9 billion tau siv zoo heev. Yog Amelikas tuav txoj kev txhawb nqa rov qab, thiab cia li cia Russia hla Ukraine, Amelikas yuav tau siv ntau dua los ua kom Russia tsis txhob hla mus rau lwm lub tebchaws Europe.

Pab Ukraine sawv tawm tsam overt aggression twb muab ib tug zoo rov qab los ntawm kev nqis peev. America tau frittered lawm ntau dua rau qhov tsis tshua muaj txiaj ntsig zoo. Qhov thib ob Iraq Tsov Rog ntawm 2003 ua rau lub tebchaws United States tshaj li ib trillion las. Afghanistan raug nqi ntxiv trillion hauv 2022 duas. Ob qhov kev tsis sib haum xeeb no - uas tau muab cov tswv yim zoo me ntsis rau Asmeskas - ua rau $ 21 nphom hauv Ukraine kev pabcuam kev nyab xeeb zoo li chump hloov.

Ob-String US Gear Tsis tshua muaj siv tau zoo heev

Txawm hais tias cov lej thiab cov npe ntawm cov iav yog qhov zoo siab, Asmeskas tsis tau muab ntau heev uas yuav cuam tshuam rau Asmeskas kev ruaj ntseg hauv txhua txoj hauv kev. Peb tau muab ntau yam khoom qub qub Lavxias lossis lwm yam khoom siv tsis siv, suav nrog 45 Lavxias-tsim T-72B lub tsheb loj sib ntaus sib tua thiab 20 Mi-17 helicopters. Ntau lub iav xa mus rau Ukraine tau coj mus rau lub scrapheap los yog rau lwm cov phooj ywg.

Rau cov neeg tuaj saib, armored cov neeg ua haujlwm nqa tau zoo heev. Qhov tseeb tias Asmeskas tau muab rau Ukraine qee qhov 200 M113 Armored Personnel Carriers suab zoo li qhov loj. Tab sis cov kws tshaj lij tub rog paub tias Asmeskas tau tso tseg kev tsim cov tsheb thauj mus los no txog 25 xyoo dhau los thiab tab tom tsis khoom rub lawv los ntawm Asmeskas lub zog.

Lwm cov khoom seem tau mus rau Ukraine. Thaum lub sij hawm Amelikas qhov kev tawm tsam tsis sib haum xeeb, Tub Rog tau txais ntau ntau ntawm M1117 Armored Security Vehicles-ib lub tsheb muaj log tsheb-nruab nrab ntawm 1999 thiab 2014. Qhov tsim nyog rau kev ua tub rog ntau dua li kev tsis sib haum xeeb tag nrho, Tebchaws Asmeskas twb tau kos cov khoom muag hauv tsheb, yog li ntawd. 250 xa mus rau Ukraine yuav tsis nco. Txhawm rau muab lub tswv yim ntawm qhov chaw Ukraine zaum ntawm cov nyiaj pub dawb, Asmeskas tau muab 200 ntawm cov tsheb no rau Columbia xyoo 2020. Ntau tshaj 700 tau tsim rau Afghanistan Army thiab 400 mus rau Iraqi tub rog. Tsawg kawg, hauv Ukraine, cov tsheb no ncaj qha txhawb Asmeskas cov hom phiaj.

Qee qhov khoom plig zoo nkauj militarized-suab nrov tau nyob rau hauv ib ncig ntawm kev txav mus los. Qhov nyiaj pab ntawm yuav luag 300-400 "Tactical Vehicles" tuaj yeem ua rau cov neeg tuaj saib, tab sis lawv tsuas yog cov tsheb thauj neeg ua tub rog tsim los nqa ntawm 2.5 lossis 5 tons.

Cov neeg them se Asmeskas tau muab rau Ukraine 477 Mine Resistant Ambush Protected Vehicles (MRAPs). Ua kom muaj kev sib tsoo tawm tsam, Asmeskas tub rog tau mob siab rau tshem cov tsheb hnyav, nyuaj rau tu nws tau muab rau tub ceev xwm tub ceev xwm thoob plaws Tebchaws Meskas.

Tebchaws Asmeskas kuj tau muab qee qhov 1,200 "High Mobility Multipurpose Log Tsheb." Zoo dua lub npe hu ua Humvees, Teb Chaws Asmeskas yog tibneeg hu tauj coob hloov lub tshiab retake ntawm cov qub tub rog jeep nrog ib tug tshiab version hu ua "Joint Light Tactical Vehicle."

Txawm hais tias cov tshiab tube artillery systems-thaum pub dawb, yav tom ntej ntawm ntau ntawm 142 155mm thiab 36 105mm howitzers, 10 120mm, 10 82mm thiab 10 60mm mortar systems pub rau Ukraine yog tsis ntseeg. Marine Corps tau tsom mus txiav lawv cov M777 howitzer roj teeb los ntawm 21 mus rau tsib, tab sis qhov tseem ceeb ntawm cov phom loj ntawm thaj tsam Ukraine yuav tau hloov qee qhov kev xav.

Hauv kev tiv thaiv huab cua, txhua qhov kev tsom mus rau qhov tseem tsis tau xa tawm Patriot huab cua tiv thaiv roj teeb thiab yim National Advanced Surface-to-Air Missile Systems (NSAMS). Tab sis zaj dab neeg loj dua yog nyob rau hauv cov qub HAWK missiles uas US tab tom muab. Teb Chaws Asmeskas tsis tau siv HAWK missile txij li xyoo 2002, thiab, vim tias peb tau ua ntau txhiab tus, nws yuav nthuav dav kom paub ntau ntxiv txog seb cov qub cuaj luaj no ua li cas hauv thaj teb.

Amid Dross, Ukraine tau txais qee qhov "Cov Khoom Zoo"

Qhov no tsis yog hais tias Teb Chaws Asmeskas tsis tau muab "cov khoom zoo" - complex, pem hauv ntej-line riam phom, ua ke nrog ib txwm xav tau consumables. Tab sis, thaum lub iav tshiab tau txais ntau cov xov xwm, cov txheej txheem niaj hnub no muaj tsawg thiab nyob deb ntawm, dwarfed lub array ntawm ze li ntawm tsis siv US riam phom.

Cov iav niaj hnub tau txais xov xwm. Tab sis ib zaug ntxiv, cov niaj hnub, pem hauv ntej-kab systems nyob rau hauv Ukraine yog tsawg heev thiab nyob deb nruab nrab ntawm, xav txog ib tug jaundiced kev ntsuam xyuas ntawm Ukrainian tswv yim, kev txawj ntse, thiab kev cob qhia. Tias yog vim li cas niaj hnub Patriot huab cua tiv thaiv kab ke yuav siv sijhawm los ua haujlwm hauv Ukraine. Hauv ob peb xyoos, yim lub roj teeb ntawm National Advanced Surface-to-Air Missile Systems (NSAAMS) yuav tuaj txog. Cov neeg ua haujlwm tshiab xav tau ntau txoj kev cob qhia kom siv tag nrho Asmeskas cov cuab yeej siv siab.

Cov neeg txhawb nqa Ukraine, thaum muaj kev kub ntxhov rau ntau dua thiab zoo dua riam phom taw tes rau Ukraine qhov kev siv nrawm nrawm ntawm 38 US muab Cov Hluav Taws Xob Hluav Taws Xob Hluav Taws Xob, lossis HIMARS. Tab sis cov khoom muaj nqis pem hauv ntej no feem ntau yog "hluav taws-thiab-tsis nco qab" platforms, thiab, raws li cov khoom xa tawm, lawv cov txiaj ntsig yog nyob ntawm ntau tus neeg siv lub peev xwm hauv kev nrhiav, qhia thiab tsom mus rau cov khoom muaj nqis yeeb ncuab.

Yog vim li ntawd Asmeskas tau muab ntau qhov tseem ceeb rau cov lus txib niaj hnub no thiab kev pab tswj hwm. Cov tsheb thauj mus los, suav nrog ntau dua 80 qhov sib txawv radars ntawm ntau hom, jamming iav, tactical kev sib txuas lus systems, SATCOM terminals thiab cov cuab yeej soj ntsuam tau pab Ukraine ntsaws qhov muaj peev xwm tseem ceeb. Thiab tseem, txawm hais tias cov cuab yeej siv tactical no yog qhov xav tau siab thiab yog, feem ntau, suav tias yog cov cuab yeej siv niaj hnub no, Asmeskas muaj ntau yam.

Ib co high-tech, kuj "sim" iav kuj tau mus rau Ukraine. Tebchaws Asmeskas tau pub 700 Switchblade kamikaze drones, 1,800 Phoenix Ghost unmanned aerial systems, unmanned costal defense vessels thiab lwm yam nthuav trinkets rau hauv thaj tsam tsov rog. Cov "kev sim siab" tshiab no ua rau nqi nyiaj, tab sis, rau Asmeskas, tau txais kev nkag siab ntawm cov platforms no ua tau zoo li cas hauv kev sib ntaus sib tua niaj hnub no yog qhov tseem ceeb.

Siv cov nqi ntawm cov txiv neej niaj hnub no-portable lossis lwm yam kev tiv thaiv me me tiv thaiv tank thiab tiv thaiv dav hlau-1,600 Stinger anti-aircraft missiles, 8,500 Javelin tiv thaiv armor missiles, 46,000 lwm yam tiv thaiv armor systems, nrog rau 1,500 TOW anti-tank missiles, thiab 13,000 grenade launchers - muaj peev xwm tshaj tawm America lub peev xwm los tsim cov foob pob hluav taws. Tab sis, dua, qhov loj loj no tsuas yog ua rau me me hauv Asmeskas cov khoom siv - dhau xyoo Asmeskas tsim kaum txhiab tus Stingers thiab yuav luag 50,000 Javelins.

Lwm qhov kev txhawj xeeb yog Ukraine kev noj cov phom loj niaj hnub no. Tab sis qhov "kev tshwm sim" no yog, dua, tsim nyog rau cov tub rog Asmeskas. Tau ntau xyoo, tsuas yog pab pawg neeg logisticians kho siab thiab lwm tus kws tshaj lij tiv thaiv txhawj xeeb txog Asmeskas tus cwj pwm ntawm underfunding munitions ntau lawm thiab riam phom sustainment.

Txog rau tam sim no, lawv cov kev txhawj xeeb tau mus tsis tau hnov ​​​​los ntawm cov tub rog xav paub txog nyiaj txiag ci ntsa iab tshiab dua li hauv kev ua kom lub ntsej muag tsis zoo, qias neeg, thiab txaus ntshai kev lag luam tau mob siab rau ua munitions. Tshawb nrhiav pom tias cov neeg thuam tau yog, thiab txheeb xyuas qhov kev tsim khoom tsis txaus no yog qhov kev txwv loj, ua rau Asmeskas ua qee yam txog nws tam sim no, thaum Asmeskas kev ruaj ntseg hauv tebchaws tsis raug cuam tshuam ncaj qha rau hauv kev sib ntaus sib tua.

Thaum, tag nrho, cov nyiaj pab tub rog xa mus rau Ukraine zoo li loj, nyob rau hauv qhov tseeb, feem ntau ntawm cov tub rog pab xa mus rau Ukraine - sab nraum cov mos txwv - yog suav nrog cov tshuab uas Pentagon tau sau tseg lawm. Qhov ntawd yog qhov tsim nyog nco qab thaum demagogues sim ua rau pej xeem tsis ntseeg txog Asmeskas kev txhawb nqa ntawm Ukraine.