As US announces $350M aid for Ukraine, Congressman McCaul warns on own 'preparedness'

Biden ministration's decision to provide Ukraine with an ditional $350 million in military aid, including High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems (HIMARS) and howitzers, was announced on Monday. This move comes amid rising tensions between Ukraine and Russia, with latter amassing troops near border.

However, according to US House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul, US' own preparedness for potential conflict may be lacking. As per a report from Sputnik, McCaul recently expressed concern that weapons he approved three years ago are yet to be delivered, which leaves allies like Taiwan vulnerable. McCaul thinks that Taiwan is ill-equipped to defend itself against a potential invasion and cannot fight such a war alone.

Ammunition shortage a cause of concern: US Congressman

“When we sell an ally or somebody like Taiwan our foreign military sales…why does it take three years? Why don’t we have any weapons systems in [] country right now to provide a deterrent to Chairman Xi from inving? Because, fact is, we don’t. And I don’t think [Secretary of State Antony Blinken] can answer that question or than to say our defense industrial base system is broken and we can’t make se weapons fast enough,” US House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul said. 

United States has been experiencing a shortage of certain weapons and ammunition for quite some time, which some speculate may be attributed to increased military assistance being provided to Ukraine. Biden ministration has pledged more than $31.7 billion in security aid to Ukraine since start of Russia's special operation, prompting repeated warnings from Moscow that such aid could exacerbate ongoing conflict.

McCaul flagged  potential consequences of United States' involvement in Ukrainian conflict in response to se developments.

Meanwhile, US Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines has stated that in her judgement, China has no intention of inving Taiwan and that war is not on horizon. This assertion was me during an annual briefing to House Intelligence Committee on current global threats faced by United States. Taiwan is a an island which CCP has never ruled, yet continues to claim as its own.