
U.S. Opens Factory To Produce Artillery Ammunition For Ukraine
That's according to The New York Times , Ukrinform reports.
A plant still under construction will soon turn out 30,000 artillery shells each month, roughly doubling current U.S. output.
To keep Ukraine's artillery crews supplied, the Pentagon set a production target last year of 100,000 shells per month by the end of 2025. Factories in Scranton and Wilkes-Barre, Pa., together make about 36,000 shells per month.
Read also: Czech PM: First shells under Czech initiative will arrive in Ukraine in coming daysThe new General Dynamics facility in Mesquite, Texas, will make 30,000 each month once it reaches its full capacity.
According to William A. LaPlante, the Pentagon's top acquisition official, the United States has provided more than three million 155-millimeter shells to Kyiv since the war began in February 2022.
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