TERROR PROFITS---ARMS MAKERS REJOICE AS AMERICAN BOMBS DROP FASTER THAN THEY CAN MAKE THEM
Claire Bernish
The United States is dropping bombs on people at such a furious rate, munitions manufacturers have been unable to keep up with demand.
“We’re expending munitions faster than we can replenish them,” Gen. Mark Welsh said, according to an article in USA Today.
With the U.S. military conducting bombing missions in Iraq, Afghanistan, and in U.S.-led Operation Inherent Resolve against the self-titled Islamic State in Syria and elsewhere, it’s no wonder weapons-makers are unable to keep up. Allies have also been making use of those munitions — Saudi Arabia employed U.S.-made bombs in Yemen when it hit and killed an ambulance driver in January.
“The U.S. maintains a pretty steady inventory of bombs and missiles for full-on war scenarios,” explained Roman Schweizer, aerospace and defense policy analyst at Guggenheim Securities to PRI. “But 2 ½ years of fighting ISIS and continued bombing in Afghanistan have exceeded weapons-use projections.”
The spike in demand for weapons of war since the attacks in Paris have sent stock prices and arms sales through the roof.
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