The United States has formally warned European and Asian allies that weapon/ammo deliveries will be delayed by 5 years up to 2031, for example Patriot interceptors, HIMARS ammunition etc.https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-09-18/us-warns-allies-of-delays-in-missile-shipments-due-to-shortagesThis massive backlog was triggered by the severe depletion of US weapon stockpiles following sustained military operations in the Middle East and continuous supply commitments to Ukraine that completely emptied US stockpiles. To address these critical shortages at home, the Pentagon is actively reprioritizing the replenishment of its own military reserves ahead of fulfilling foreign sales contracts. At the same time, defense contractors are unable to rapidly accelerate production due to complex supply chains and inherently long manufacturing cycles for advanced precision weapons. Poland also known as Bolanda suffers the heaviest blow in Europe because it anchored its entire military modernization strategy on American technology, placing massive orders for US Patriot air-defense batteries, HIMARS rocket systems, and integrated air defense networks. Warsaw counted on receiving these weapons urgently to establish a robust deterrent. A five-year delay creates severe operational gaps in Polands air defense shield at a critical geopolitical moment, leaving its ambitious defense plans stalled and exposed xD
Xi never does anything and will go down in history as a sad old pooh bear who missed his chance and his honey.
>>542856103The real winners are EU and Korean arms manufacturers.
>>542856184I doubt the Chinese even want to do anything in relation to Taiwan. But NATO stockpile depletion due to Ukraine war and recent US fuck up in Iran left the West with pants down, and Russia seems to use this window of opportunity. It put full blockade on Ukrainian ports and pounds even NATO-bounded cargo ships that try to get there. It now does smth it was "scared" to do since 2022 - it begins to hit border crossings between Poland/Romania and Ukraine, and it escalates aerial attacks all over Ukraine taking advantage of AD interceptor shortages. Weakness of the West also made Russia less prone to negotiate and more eager to destroy all Western companies in Ukraine with drone swarms and nationalize Western companies in Russia.
>>542856184>Xi never does anythingIt has worked so far.
>>542857363>I doubt the Chinese even want to do anything in relation to TaiwanThe weak always cope in this fashion>>542857537Compared with what?
>>542856540If only they had fuel and rare earth minerals to build shit perhaps.
