“When you have a war, you're going to be using up weapons. And when you use up weapons, that means that certain stockpiles are going to be depleted. And it turns out that these Patriots and THAADs are some of the most important ones that you need, given that this has really become a long-distance war.”
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Mielke suggested the fear is that China might read depleted US stockpiles as a window to move on Taiwan. ABC's Pentagon reporter agrees that is part of the Pentagon's concern and adds a plain point about what a war does to munitions.
…have enough to defend itself or potentially for future use against another conflict. And I think when we talk about another conflict, it's always about, okay, how many weapons can we keep in store in case we ever have to go into a conflict with China? And I think that's really the concern. Right.
Like, that's what you don't want is China going like, maybe now is the time to attack Taiwan. It's not like the U.S. would get like, that's what you don't want happening.
That's exactly right. And I think that's been part of the concern from Hexeth and his team. But again, the reality is that when you have a war, you're going to be using up weapons. And when you use up weapons, that means that certain stockpiles are going to be depleted. And it turns out that these Patriots and Thad missiles are some of the most important ones that you need, given that this has really become like a long-distance war.
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