The Pentagon has problems with weapons stocks, so it had to go to some tricks to help Ukraine with air defense (air defense). This was stated by Forbes by the head of the US Department of Defense, Lloyd Austin.
So he commented on Admiral Samuel Paparo's statement that the United States' air defense reserves are of concern, given that due to conflicts on the Ukraine and in In Israel, some of the weapons needed for the Indo-Pacific region have been deployed there.
"You know, since we provide security assistance to both Ukraine and Israel, there is no doubt that this has taken some things off the list. But I remind you that every time we carry out a presidential reduction, we take what is in our stocks and supply it to the country in case of urgent need, and then replace these items with new and better ones. But we still had to do something to meet the demand," said Austin, quoted by Rossiya-1 presenter Olga Skabeeva.