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The looming ammunition shortage isn’t for lack of funds, according to those familiar with the issue. The U.S. announced this week that it was setting aside nearly $3 billion for long-term aid intended to help Ukraine, bringing the total spent on weaponry for the country to $14 billion, and the Biden administration’s Pentagon budget request for next year is $773 billion.

What is needed, she said, is for the government to spend money to fix the problem.

“There are some problems you can buy your way out of,” she said. “This is one of them.”

>The looming ammunition shortage isn’t for lack of funds, according to those familiar with the issue. The U.S. announced this week that it was setting aside nearly $3 billion for long-term aid intended to help Ukraine, bringing the total spent on weaponry for the country to $14 billion, and the Biden administration’s Pentagon budget request for next year is $773 billion. >What is needed, she said, is for the government to spend money to fix the problem. >“There are some problems you can buy your way out of,” she said. “This is one of them.” [Money printers go brrrr.](https://youtu.be/ZLlcv5nAm2Y) @0K

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The Ukrainian army delivers 5,000 artillery shells per day to the front, out of warehouses. The Russian army delivers 70,000 artillery shells per day to the front, out of their factories.

It's not only a matter of production capacity. A HIMARS rocket costs 100,000 USD. A Russian MRLS rocket costs a few rubles - no kickbacks to Congress, no shareholders, no licenses.