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TEHRAN- The NATO chief acknowledges Ukraine's demand for arms exceeds what the United States -led military alliance has to offer.With all
is many times higher than our current rate of production - this puts our defense industries under strain."Boosting stockpiles and
noted "the waiting time for large-calibre ammunition has increased from 12 to 28 months
Orders placed today would only be delivered two-and-a-half years later
So we need to ramp up production, and invest in our production capacity."The West, with the United States in particular, has already shipped
tens of billions of dollars worth of military assistance to the warzone in an attempt for Ukraine to retake control of the eastern Donbas
military operation" in February 2022, citing multiple security concerns, the focus of the battle has been mostly based in the same eastern
and southeastern regions of Ukraine.As members of the so-called United States -led Ukraine Defense Contact Group met in Brussels to address
the arms assistance crisis to Ukraine, they are facing pressure to speed up delivery and provide even more sophisticated weapons to
Ukrainian forces.But this is no easy task with Ukraine still waiting for the promises of battle tanks and warplanes
These calls have faced hesitation from Kyiv's Western allies who don't want to risk direct confrontation with Russia amid political
was unauthorized to speak publicly, told Politico
States providing fighter jets to Ukraine, United States Secretary of Defence Lloyd Austin said "in terms of whether or not we're going to
provide F-16s, I don't have any announcements to make
I don't have anything to add to what our president said earlier
I'll just leave it at that."Experts say the war could have been easily avoided and flashpoint territories where ethnic Russians reside could
have been settled without the eruption of further violence eight years later.Russia argues the shipments of weapons to Ukraine are
for each member's munitions and is in the process of planning targets to increase the member states' stockpiles for more
aid, the question is where exactly is this war heading and which parties are making lucrative profits at the expense of others.Western arms
manufacturers and United States gas firms have been making a lot of money whilst households in Western Europe have faced record inflation
signs of ending, surveys indicate European households are growing increasingly wary about the conflict amid a cost of living crisis back
home.Nevertheless, the United States and NATO have pledged (in public) that Western military support will not lose momentum.Cracks among
difficult to gauge the exact figures on exactly how much munition each NATO member has left and not replaced.It might explain why
Stoltenberg had to travel to South Korea and Japan to ask Seoul and Tokyo to ship weapons in addition to pleading with Latin American
commander in Europe, told CNN: "This is critical to national and European security
You don't want to demonstrate your vulnerabilities to any potential aggressor
But at the same time, people need to understand that this is serious, something has to be done urgently.""All of the NATO countries must
take a serious strategic look at this
We might be at the stage where we need to tell bicycle manufacturers to pivot and start making ammunition
The only way we are going to get back on track is to prepare for the worst case, which means relearning lessons from the Cold War to avoid
another world war," Shirreff added.There is certainly a concern in the United States -led military alliance over the looming ammunition
of weapons to Ukraine and the world's top military exporter, the United States, is having trouble keeping up with the arms supply
are firing up to 6,000-7,000 artillery shells every day.Reports say that during meetings with EU heads, Ukrainian President Volodymyr
has urgent requirements to help it meet this crucial moment in the course of the war," Austin added.NATO deputy assistant secretary general
Jamie Shea also said NATO had "largely used up the available stocks" and this meant it "had to persuade its defence industries to go back to
opening up the production lines" and to produce the stock at scale and quickly.Asked if it would be possible to do this, Shea added, "It's
not going to be easy, but there is a push going on.""While we get production ramped up if we can persuade some of these other sorts of
pro-Western countries beyond NATO to provide these types of munitions that should help to fill the gap in the meantime."What may prove risky
for NATO is that it is led by the United States and history proves the Pentagon's foreign military adventurism has not exactly been
