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The Imbalance of Artillery in Ukraine
A ferocious battle is underway to stay on top of exploding shells
On December 29, 1940, the President of the United States, Franklin D. Roosevelt, uttered words that remain as relevant today as they were during the Second World War:
“Some of our people like to believe that wars in Europe and in Asia are of no concern to us. But it is a matter of most vital concern to us that European and Asiatic war-makers should not gain control of the oceans which lead to this hemisphere.
The people of Europe who are defending themselves do not ask w to do their fighting. They ask us for the implements of war, the planes, the tanks, the guns, the freighters which will enable them to fight for their liberty and for our security”.
He went beyond explaining the reasons for U.S. involvement in a crisis unfolding on the other side of the Atlantic Ocean; he also outlined the path to attain victory. He said:
“Emphatically we must get these weapons to them, get them to them in sufficient volume and quickly enough so that we and our children will be saved the agony and suffering of war which others have had to endure.
Let not the defeatists tell us that it is too late.
