America can’t arm Taiwan by continuously sending weapons to Ukraine.
In a report written by the Wall Street Journal, US officials are concerned that sending too many military weapons to Ukraine in the future will create a situation where Washington’s long-term plans to arm Taiwan amid rising tensions with China will face a serious problem.
This publication, quoting government officials and the US Congress, writes that the excessive shipment of military weapons to Ukraine will reduce the stocks of stockpiles for arming Taiwan. According to the officials, more than 208 Javelin anti-tank weapons as well as 215 Stinger surface-to-air missiles were ordered for Taiwan in December 2015, but have not yet been delivered to the island.
The sources also added that as of December last year, backlogs and undelivered orders to Taiwan were $14 billion, which has now reached $18.7 billion.
Officials of the Lockheed Marine and Boeing arms manufacturing companies have said that there was a reduction in production and a lack of orders even before the start of Russia’s special military operations in Ukraine, due to the Corona epidemic.
The New York Times, in a report on yesterday, Sunday, mentioned the sending of numerous weapons from Western countries to Ukraine and wrote that the continued supply of weapons to Ukraine has depleted the weapons arsenals of most Western NATO member countries, and as a result of this incident, the armies of Western countries cannot fulfill the promises of politicians. These countries should meet the requirements to send more weapons to Ukraine.
The New York Times wrote: The capacity of small countries has been depleted and, according to a NATO official, the weapons arsenals of at least 20 of the 30 members of this military alliance are “completely depleted” and only the larger allies, namely France, Germany, Italy and the Netherlands, continue to provide military assistance to Ukraine. or increasing it, they have enough stock in their warehouses.
Since the beginning of the Russian military operation in Ukraine on February 24 , the United States and its western allies have provided billions of dollars in security and military aid to Kiev, which is estimated to be worth about 40 billion dollars and can be matched with the entire defense budget. Annual France compared. Moscow has always warned that sending weapons to Ukraine will only prolong the war and increase the risk of direct confrontation between Russia and NATO.
