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Biden HALTS shipments of U.S.-made ammunition to Israel – first time since October 7

May 08, 2024 - ammunition are being used.

With the Hague-based International Criminal Court (ICC) seeking the arrest of Netanyahu and others in the Israeli government, President Biden continues to press Israel for reassurances that its military is using the arms in accordance with international law.

Back in March, Israel signed this letter assuring the Biden regime that all is fine and dandy in Gaza.

(Related: Congress is playing mafia on behalf of Israel with threats ...

Russia ramping up production of weapons, ammunition ahead of expected offensive

May 07, 2024 - ammunition and munitions.

Rounds for tanks and infantry fighting vehicles saw a 900 percent increase, while artillery shells and MLRS munitions rose by 600 percent and 800 percent, respectively. Furthermore, there has been a surge in the production of unguided rockets for heavy flamethrower systems, with output tripling.

Amid the conflict, new types of equipment have been introduced, including TOS-2 heavy flamethrower systems capable of firing thermobaric warheads, ...

U.S. officials warn of increasingly “catastrophic” shortage of ammunition, air defenses in Ukraine; urge Congress to pass $61B aid bill

February 29, 2024 -

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky has been appealing to the Western powers for further support. Citing two anonymous U.S. officials, ABC News recently reported that Ukraine will face a "catastrophic shortage of ammunition and air defenses" by the end of next month unless Congress passes a bill including the next round of funding for Kyiv, valued at $61 billion. As per estimates, the current shortage "could effectively turn the tide of the war and lend Russian ...

Kyiv is running out of ammunition as Western aid packages hit roadblocks

February 15, 2024 - ammunition to fight usually wins," Ukrainian Defense Minister Rustem Umerov even wrote to European Union foreign policy head Josep Borrell, lamenting the shortages getting worse by the day. Borrell responded in a speech to Ukraine's parliament this week: "I know that on ammunition your needs are higher than [Europe can provide]. I have been talking with your military staff, and I know that you need more."(Related: Ukrainian Defense Minister Rustem Umerov tells ...

Judge blocks California from requiring background checks to buy ammunition

February 07, 2024 -

(Article by Jonathan Stempel republished from YourNews.com)

Jan 31 (Reuters) – California cannot enforce a law requiring people to undergo background checks to buy ammunition, because it violates the constitutional right to bear arms, a federal judge has ruled.

In a decision made public on Wednesday, U.S. District Judge Roger Benitez in San Diego said the background checks have “no historical pedigree,” and violate the Second Amendment by treating all ...

LUDICROUS: 28 Attorneys general deride NY AG’s call to end ammunition manufacture, sales at Missouri plant

February 07, 2024 -

In a letter James wrote that was signed by 19 other Democrat AGs on January 9, they accused the ammo-manufacturing and sales plant of flooding communities with "military-grade" ammunition that they claimed has been used in various mass shootings. "Compounding the horror, the bullets used in this violence were subsidized by American taxpayers, as the federal government has apparently invested more than $860 million to improve production," the letter said.

On ...

2A UNDER ATTACK: Democratic AGs call for the closure of Missouri ammo plant to deprive citizens of affordable, quality ammunition

January 31, 2024 -

The Lake City Army Ammunition Plant, which is the largest producer of small arms ammunition in the U.S., has become one of the latest targets of the anti-gunner crowd in their quest to keep as many Americans disarmed as possible. But the Democratic AGs' call for the facility's closure will only infringe the Second Amendment rights of law-abiding citizens.

The Democrats' request seeks to curb the availability of "military-grade rounds" in the commercial ...

U.S. quietly sending more ammunition, missiles to Israel amid global outrage over genocide in Gaza

November 17, 2023 - ammunition have been sent to Israel, as have the 1,800 M141 bunker-buster munitions and at least 3,500 night-vision devices, the latest figures show.

(Related: All of a sudden, the "woke" U.S. military is pandering to white guys as Israel ramps up genocide in Gaza.)DOD "leveraging several avenues" to give Israel everything it demands

According to a Pentagon spokesman who refused to provide specifics, the DOD is in the process of "leveraging several avenues ...

Biden administration suspends issuance of export licenses for civilian firearms and ammunition in latest attack on gun industry

November 02, 2023 -

The DOC has not provided further particulars regarding the suspension, which encompasses shotguns and optical sights.

An expedited review will be conducted to evaluate the "risk of firearms being diverted to entities or activities that promote regional instability, violate human rights or fuel criminal activities." Additional comments from the DOC were not available beyond the official announcement posted on its website.

This suspension encompasses a wide range ...

150k square-foot ammunition plant in Nebraska mysteriously EXPLODES – is this another planned assault on vital U.S. infrastructure?

October 18, 2023 - ammunition laws in the United States. Just last year, it was suspected that the crooks in D.C. were plotting new regulations on the sale of ammunition to civilians.

Apparently, the government only wants itself to have bullets. And do not forget: without bullets, the Second Amendment is of no effect, rendering firearms useless chunks of metal and plastic.

The Washington Examiner reported in June 2022 that the Biden regime had allegedly approached ...

Poland runs out of ammunition, can no longer send supplies to Ukraine

May 02, 2023 - ammunition," he said. "Our industry isn't ready to send the equipment to Ukraine and to maintain our own dwindling reserves."

(Related: Concerning the energy crisis, Poland shifted to coal for help, not to solar or wind.)Ukraine isn't winning the war against Russia

Andrzejczak would go on during the session to explain that "war is not the business of soldiers," but is rather "a question of politics with economic factors involving finance, infrastructure, technology, ...

United Kingdom confirms depleted uranium tank ammunition already in Ukraine

April 27, 2023 - ammunition due to its high density and its pyrophoric properties.

While being questioned in the House of Commons on Tuesday, April 25, Minister of State for the Armed Forces James Heappey admitted that some of the depleted uranium munitions already reached their destination, but declined to comment on whether Kyiv was already using the rounds.

"We have sent thousands of rounds of Challenger 2 ammunition to Ukraine, including depleted uranium armor-piercing ...

ENERGY CRISIS: Norwegian ammunition maker says “storage of cat videos” threatens its expansion as data centers scrounge for spare electricity

March 31, 2023 - ammunition across Europe has surged. Right now, about 6,000 rounds per day, the equivalent of the entire annual order from a small European country, are being produced, but Nammo would like to see that number increase to 65,000 rounds per day to meet demand.

This is impossible, though, because TikTok's new data center is taking preference and hogging all the available energy. The kiddos and their smartphone addictions apparently take preference over national defense....

U.S. is more than a DECADE behind in ammunition stockpiling but Biden is still giving it away to Ukraine

March 29, 2023 - ammunition for years. Specifically, the guided missiles used by Navy ships, submarines, and warplanes.

“Look at me. I am not forgiving the fact you’re not delivering the ordnance we need. OK?” Adm. Daryl Caudle warned contractors during an industry meeting in January. “We’re talking about war-fighting, national security, and going against a competitor here and a potential adversary that is like nothing we’ve ever seen. And we can’t dillydally around with these deliveries....

Defense Department to boost production of artillery ammunition by 500% for Ukraine… but will take two years just to build the new factories

January 27, 2023 -

Such a move would push conventional ammunition production to levels not seen since the Korean War, as the Pentagon hopes to invest billions of dollars more to make up for supply shortfalls caused by America's massive military aid shipments to Kyiv.

Under the Defense Department's proposal, the United States would raise production levels for 155mm artillery shells to 90,000 rounds every month.

This is a massive departure from last month's announcement by ...

Germany latest NATO country to begin running out of ammunition after sending supplies to Ukraine

December 15, 2022 -

According to the German outlet Die Welt, the country is running out of ammunition after months of sending supplies to Ukrainian military forces. This didn't take long, however, because Germany's military has notoriously been under-equipped for decades following the end of the Cold War, thanks to the protection Berlin derives from the United States.

But not only is Germany depleting its ammo stocks, but manufacturing more ammunition will be a problem ...

Russia: Washington complicit in war crimes by supplying Ukraine with ammunition

September 20, 2022 - ammunition, armored vehicles and remote-launched mines, among others.Russia's best attack is a nuclear strike

If the U.S. continues its support for Ukraine, the implication is that Russia will attack. It's a threat that the Kremlin has issued before, but without sufficient weaponry to hold back Ukrainian soldiers using HIMARS missile systems, Russia is not capable of targeting the U.S. and beating the military onslaught that would follow.

This means Russia's ...

IRS spending millions on weapons, ammunition, gear to weaponize agency against taxpayers

August 19, 2022 - ammunition, enough to outfit an understrength Army division.

According to Open The Books, a government watchdog organization, between the fiscal years 2015 and 2019, the IRS spent roughly $8.7 million, $4.5 million of which was on firearms and ammunition, while the remaining $4-plus million was spent on military and combat gear.

“As of January 1, 2019, the IRS owned 4,600 guns and stockpiled 5 million rounds of ammunition. This included 621 ...

Ammo supply company CEO slams UPS over missing ammunition deliveries

August 11, 2022 - ammunition that went missing during delivery with UPS. (Related: Ammo companies are reporting packages being lost or damaged before reaching customers.)Gun and ammo distributors under attack

"I know quite a few others that have well over $300,000 worth of ammunition gone missing. And it's really changed the way we have to do our business," Collins told Beck.

Beck's program reached out to UPS asking why ammunition companies and gun sellers ...

IRS buying up massive amounts of ammunition while Biden regime tries to shut down CIVILIAN ammo supply chain

June 20, 2022 - ammunition in its weapons inventory," which we now know includes "fully automatic ... machine guns."

Even as America's civilian population is being told by anti-gun extremists that the Second Amendment should be abolished and that nobody needs high-power "assault" rifles, the IRS has built quite the cache for itself, which is somehow justified.

The IRS website reveals that CI "is comprised of nearly 3,500 employees worldwide." And Forbes says that these agents ...