If you were watching headlines this week, you already know that Joe Biden promised Ukraine 31 Abrams tanks.
There is a problem with that promise.
The Pentagon was forced to admit that we don’t have the tanks.
Running Low
For months, we have been waving the red flag that our defense stores are running low.
Apparently, it is much worse than we thought.
Pentagon spokesperson Sabrina Singh confirmed the shortage, stating, “We just don’t have these tanks available in excess in our US stocks, which is why it is going to take months to transfer these M1A2 Abrams to Ukraine.”
Singh continued, “We are using the USAI to show a long-term commitment. It’s not about delay; we just do not have these Abrams available in our stocks to give the Ukrainians at this time.”
A Biden administration official also confirmed the shortage and was unable to give a firm timeline on when that aid will be delivered to Ukraine.
The official stated, “If we do not have [them] readily within US stocks, then we go the procurement route to make sure that we can procure the right capability for Ukraine and that is what we’re doing here with the Abrams in terms of sustainment maintenance, training, these are all really important considerations.”
Scary to think of the defense position that Joe Biden has put this country in right now.
Source: New York Post
