Russia And Ukraine Hammer Each Other, But Can’t Defend Themselves

As the Ukrainian military faces a critical shortage of missile interceptors, experts differ on what the dwindling supply could mean for the future of the Russo-Ukrainian War.

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“Restocking what the war expended will not be enough to deter or prepare for war against a more capable adversary like China, and building to the arsenal U.S. forces require could take 3.5 to 6 years,” Blake Johnson, the director of communications at the Jewish Institute for National Security of America, told the DCNF. “That shortfall decreases U.S. leverage over Iran now and drains deterrence in other theaters, since the war moved long-range missiles away from the Pacific to feed this fight, while Beijing is measuring how long Washington could sustain a war over Taiwan and Russia is betting America cannot keep arming Ukraine while it refills its own magazines.”

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