y. Two were just delivered to Latvi
Existing orders need to be filled per contractual obligations. Besides Poland needs some as well to rain fire and brimstone on the krauts if they keep up this eu money blackmail.
"But unlike the 16 HIMARS the military rushed to Ukraine from its existing stockpiles over the summer, these new weapons will be ordered from the manufacturer, Lockheed Martin, and will take "a few years" to deliver, a senior Defense Department official told reporters.
Shifting the source of Ukrainian military supplies from the Pentagon's own stockpile, which is large but not limitless, to items newly manufactured by the defense industry indicates that the White House and military leaders are transitioning to a sustainable model Kyiv can depend on for an open-ended war with Russia.
Privately, American commanders have also voiced concern that if the United States sends more HIMARS vehicles immediately, the Ukrainians will burn through the rocket ammunition provided by the Pentagon too quickly, potentially jeopardizing American military readiness in coming months."