Army is committed to and will succeed in maintaining our stocks sufficient for training and readiness … while also supporting our ally Ukraine with what they need, working as part of an international team to make sure that happens,” Bush said. “There is a lot of support, we are working through our allies to help make sure Ukraine is supplied, so it’s not all the United States, and I think that’s a success story,” Bush said. Army stockpiles are at risk of being depleted in the race to help Ukraine. It’s the full package that goes with it, and that’s still on track.”īush addressed “uninformed speculation” that U.S. The tanks, he said, “have to get to Europe and then to Ukraine along with all of the things that go with them-ammunition, spare parts, fuel equipment, repair facilities. On the way to Ukraine by early fall are M1 Abrams tanks, he said. Of the systems being sent to Ukraine, he listed as examples the Patriot missile system the Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System, known as GMLRS the High Mobility Artillery Rocket System, or HIMARS the Javelin anti-tank weapon system many types of 155 mm artillery counter-unmanned aerial systems and Bradley Fighting Vehicles. “American equipment that is getting to Ukraine is highly effective in combat, and that doesn’t just happen, that’s the result of decades of work by thousands of people to make sure our equipment’s tested well.”īush noted that the Army’s industry partners produce equipment “at a high level of quality.” While many allies and partners also contribute to production, Bush asserted that the United States produces the best in terms of quality. 7 during a meeting with Pentagon reporters. “Wars are complicated endeavors, they rise and fall based on many factors,” Bush said Aug. AUSA Volunteer Family of the Year AwardĮquipment the Army has been sending to Ukraine to help in the fight against Russia has been proven “highly effective” in combat, a senior Army official said.ĭouglas Bush, assistant secretary of the Army for acquisition, logistics and technology, said the performance of vehicles and munitions in Ukraine “validates the Army’s approach to how we produce things and how we test and design them.”.Letters to Congress & the Administration.
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