Ukraine War Thread Part 2

[Tartiflette Fan]

Originally Posted by NutLoose

Couldn't Biden preposition extra vehicles and weapons in support of NATO in the likes of Poland, build up a veritable stockpile of Bradley's, Patriot missiles, Stingers, Ammo etc, then if and when the budget is sorted, simply transfer them across the border into Ukraine? That would at least cut down the transportation time.

The Army’s prepositioned stock for Europe, called APS-2, include vehicles and weapons in Belgium, Netherlands, Germany, and Poland that U.S. troops can use without waiting weeks for their home-based equipment to arrive on ships.. By the late 1980s, the plan had evolved to pre-position Six Divisions of equipment in the Netherlands, Belgium and Germany.
https://www.defenseone.com/threats/2...forces/361530/

Looks like you were pre-empted there by half-a-century , Nutty. I believe that the REFORGER ( REturn of FORces to GERmany ) exercises conducted since the 60's relied on equipment in POMCUS sites ( (Prepositioning Of Materiel Configured in Unit Sets) set up 1960 onwards ).