Your ignorance is on display again. I know something about these thing due to my previous work. Explosives are difficult to make stable and rocket propellants worse. Some of the cluster munitions supplied to Ukraine were made in the 1990's. Do you know how to check the explosive inside a shell? When I was in the "missile age" Navy (a recruiting ad), each ship fired a missile once a year. That was because the propellant was close to its expiry date. Missile age indeed.
The US has vast numbers of Bradleys and Abrams tanks in storage. They have book value only. They cost money to store. The US would not pay the cost of bringing vast amounts of equipment back from Afghanistan, same as happened in Vietnam. There are always two sides to a financial equation, something accountants rarely consider. First, how much does it cost if we do something. Second, what is the cost of we do nothing. You can save money by not servicing your car. If you run out of oil and blow the engine, it will cost you far more than you might have saved. Europe and the US will pay a high price if they permit Russia to prevail in this war.
Ukraine has resisted the "second best" army in the world (second rate seems appropriate) for well over 18 months. Russia has lost nearly half the territory it took in the first stage of their misadventure. They have lost so many soldiers that Putin is pleading with Russian women to have more children. Russia is recruiting criminals from prisons because they can't get enough soldiers. Ukraine is a useful buffer between the rest of Europe and Russia. Supporting Ukraine militarily is not only sensible but essential.
The US has vast numbers of Bradleys and Abrams tanks in storage. They have book value only. They cost money to store. The US would not pay the cost of bringing vast amounts of equipment back from Afghanistan, same as happened in Vietnam. There are always two sides to a financial equation, something accountants rarely consider. First, how much does it cost if we do something. Second, what is the cost of we do nothing. You can save money by not servicing your car. If you run out of oil and blow the engine, it will cost you far more than you might have saved. Europe and the US will pay a high price if they permit Russia to prevail in this war.
Ukraine has resisted the "second best" army in the world (second rate seems appropriate) for well over 18 months. Russia has lost nearly half the territory it took in the first stage of their misadventure. They have lost so many soldiers that Putin is pleading with Russian women to have more children. Russia is recruiting criminals from prisons because they can't get enough soldiers. Ukraine is a useful buffer between the rest of Europe and Russia. Supporting Ukraine militarily is not only sensible but essential.