The U.S. Air Force has fired more than 20,000 missiles and bombs since the beginning of the bombing campaign against ISIS began 15 months ago. As the U.S. ramps up its campaign against the Islamist terror group in Iraq and Syria, the Air Force is now "expanding munitions faster than we can replenish them," Air Force chief of staff General Mark Welsh said in a statement. The official said that the Air Force has requested additional funding for Hellfire missiles and is developing plans to ramp up weapons production to replenish its stocks more quickly. But replenishing that stock can take "up to four years from time of expenditure to asset resupply," the official said.
This can become a huge issue. Once we run out of funding and weapons we will have nothing to protect us from ISIS's threats. We saw what happened to Paris and they are most likely to strike again.
http://www.cnn.com/2015/12/04/politics/air-force-20000-bombs-missiles-isis/index.html
Matthew Homsher 9th- The government needs to give the Air Force more money, so they can pay to make their own bombs or buy them from allies.
ReplyDeleteI agree with Matthew. They need more weapons because our allies have a lot more than us. -Kayleigh Smerud
ReplyDeleteKenley Turner- Im kind of scared. TBH
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