U.S. ‘Not Running Out’ of Weapons as It Arms Ukraine, Says Pentagon Official

The Pentagon’s top official for weapons acquisition tamped down fears that the U.S. effort to arm Ukraine is leading to a severe depletion of weapons stocks.

“We’re not running out of anything,” Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment William LaPlante said at a conference this week, according to Air & Space Forces Magazine. “In the papers, sometimes, it says, ‘we’ve run out of X or Y,’ because of aid to Ukraine, but that’s not true.” LaPlante was speaking at the National Defense Industrial Association’s Emerging Technology Institute on Monday when he made the comments.

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The Pentagon’s top official for weapons acquisition tamped down fears that the U.S. effort to arm Ukraine is leading to a severe depletion of weapons stocks.

“We’re not running out of anything,” Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment William LaPlante said at a conference this week, according to Air & Space Forces Magazine. “In the papers, sometimes, it says, ‘we’ve run out of X or Y,’ because of aid to Ukraine, but that’s not true.” LaPlante was speaking at the National Defense Industrial Association’s Emerging Technology Institute on Monday when he made the comments.