The Pentagon said that us stocks of precision bombs to fight with ISIS in Syria and Iraq depleted.
United States air force said about the lack of precision-guided bombs for airstrikes on the terrorist group “Islamic state” (IG) in Syria and Iraq. The representative of the Central headquarters of Charles brown told reporters may 26 that the Pentagon is considering ways to bring military equipment from other regions of the Middle East.
Despite the fact that for more laser-guided bombs and GPS-receivers improved accuracy has been previously ordered, on their production and delivery will take at least two years, said brown.
In February, the US defense Department has announced the purchase of the party of 45 000 smart bombs in excess of 1.8 billion dollars, but at the moment the stocks of military equipment continues to be depleted.
In December 2015 the chief of staff, U.S. air force mark Welch reported that the troops expend more warheads and bombs than they receive. According to him, since the beginning of the air campaign against ISIS in Syria and Iraq for 15 months were dropped over 20,000 bombs, which led to the depletion of military equipment. The international anti-terrorist coalition under the leadership of the United States conducts air operations against the jihadists in the region since August 2014.
