Unprepared for long war, US Army under gun to make more ammo
The dwindling supply of 155 mm shells has alarmed U.S. military planners, and the Army now plans to spend billions on munitions plants around the country in what it calls
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The dwindling supply of 155 mm shells has alarmed U.S. military planners, and the Army now plans to spend billions on munitions plants around the country in what it calls
SCRANTON, Pa. (AP) — One of the most important munitions of the Ukraine war comes from a historic factory in this city built by coal barons, where tons of steel rods are brought in by train to …
SCRANTON, Pa. (AP) — One of the most important munitions of the Ukraine war comes from a historic factory in this city built by coal barons, where tons of ste
The lack of 155 mm shells has alarmed U.S. military planners, who see it as a critical shortage. A historic factory in Scranton, Pennsylvania is one of just two sites in the U.S. that make the steel bodies for the 155 mm howitzer rounds that the U.S. is rushing to Ukraine.
SCRANTON, Pa. -- One of the most important munitions of the Ukraine war comes from a historic factory in this city built by coal barons, where tons of steel rods are brought in by train to be forged into the artillery shells Kyiv can't get enough of -- and that the U.S. can't produce fast enough.