'What if America runs out of bombs?'

'What if America runs out of bombs?'

Matthew Petti in Reason

The United States has the world's "most powerful military," says Matthew Petti. But what if it "runs out of bombs?" America has sent mountains of ammunition to Ukraine and Israel. Ukraine is firing 155 mm artillery shells "faster than everyone is making them." And Israel's Gaza war "has eaten up gargantuan" stockpiles. "These proxy wars should be a wake-up call." Even if the money to fund our seemingly never-ending conflicts "doesn't run out, the bombs do." 

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