US admiral says sending Israel and Ukraine weapons like Patriot missiles is eating into what's needed for countering China.
Adm. Sam Paparo is concerned that the US is giving out vital defenses it needs to deal with China.
"It's now eating into stocks,"
Paparo urged the Pentagon to start replenishing those stocks and expand beyond its original inventory.
The US Navy's top commander in the Indo-Pacific raised concerns on Tuesday that the Pentagon's advanced weapons shipments to Ukraine and Israel could sap the strength it needs to deal with China.
"Up to this year, where most of the employment of weapons were really artillery pieces and short-range weapons, I had said: 'Not at all,'" said Paparo, who's been commander of US Indo-Pacific Command since May.
"But now, with some of the Patriots that have been employed, some of the air-to-air missiles that have been employed, it's now eating into stocks," he added. "And to say otherwise would be dishonest."
Adm. Sam Paparo is concerned that the US is giving out vital defenses it needs to deal with China.
"It's now eating into stocks,"
Paparo urged the Pentagon to start replenishing those stocks and expand beyond its original inventory.
The US Navy's top commander in the Indo-Pacific raised concerns on Tuesday that the Pentagon's advanced weapons shipments to Ukraine and Israel could sap the strength it needs to deal with China.
"Up to this year, where most of the employment of weapons were really artillery pieces and short-range weapons, I had said: 'Not at all,'" said Paparo, who's been commander of US Indo-Pacific Command since May.
"But now, with some of the Patriots that have been employed, some of the air-to-air missiles that have been employed, it's now eating into stocks," he added. "And to say otherwise would be dishonest."
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