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INDOPACOM Commander Admits Allied Transfers Eating Into Weapon Stocks

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INDOPACOM Commander Admits Allied Transfers Eating Into Weapon Stocks
Adm. Samuel Paparo, commander, U.S. Pacific Fleet, meets with local military leaders on Guam at Joint Region Marianas headquarters in Asan, Dec. 5. 2022. (U.S. Navy photo by Shaina O’Neal)

Transferring high end missiles and munitions to Israel and Ukraine amid their respective conflicts is depleting some of the weapons needed for potential hostilities with China, Adm. Samuel Paparo, commander of U.S. Indo-Pacific Command (INDOPACOM), said Tuesday. Before 2024, most weapons the U.S. sent to partners in their recent conflicts, particularly Ukraine in its defense against Russia, were artillery pieces and short-range weapons that Paparo said would not have impacted preparedness in his theater. “But now with some of the…

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