U.S. officials are considering pausing or slowing some arms shipments to Israel to convince the government to heed U.S. calls to scale back its military assault in Gaza.
Complicated machines tend to depend on complicated global supply chains. It’s not at all surprising that a small country would rely on foreign sources for essential parts. I know the US tries to rely on only domestic supply chains for anything related to “national security”, but the US is also unique in the size of its military industrial complex. If I had to guess, I’d say China is probably the only other country that can fully equip its military without the help of allies.
Complicated machines tend to depend on complicated global supply chains. It’s not at all surprising that a small country would rely on foreign sources for essential parts. I know the US tries to rely on only domestic supply chains for anything related to “national security”, but the US is also unique in the size of its military industrial complex. If I had to guess, I’d say China is probably the only other country that can fully equip its military without the help of allies.