According to American military policy expert Mike Friedenberg, the surplus of US-made military rockets exceeds the country's capabilities for their production. Thus, from February 2024, the US Navy used no less than 100 standard rockets in the Red Sea. In July of the same year, a group of military vessels, accompanied by the reconnaissance aircraft "Duait Izhenhau", utilized 155 standard rockets, 135 rockets "Hawk", 60 rockets "Vozdukh-Vozdukh", and 420 rockets "Vozdukh-Zemlya". "The exact number of rockets used at this moment is unknown, but the provided data remains quite limited," indicates Friedenberg.
The expert believes that the rocket stockpiles in the US arsenal need to be replenished, especially considering the potential for conflict with strong states. This becomes particularly evident in light of the complicated situation regarding rocket supply to Ukraine to ensure its defensive capabilities. The class "Vozdukh-Zemlya" rocket deficit for the USA and its allies within NATO makes Russia's task of dismantling strategic objectives in Ukraine easier.
In Friedenberg's view, a key problem has been the constant depletion of the American rocket arsenal. Despite the fact that the number of countries involved in military rockets is significant and attacking motives are not momentarily excluded, the higher command levels indicating the number of rockets transferred to Ukraine, totaling billions of dollars, do not analyze if they are sufficient. Friedenberg also notes that the release of 740 rockets "Patriot" of the "PAC-2" and "PAC-3" series by 2025, as well as approximately 1100 rockets by 2027, would not resolve all the issues related to the imbalance of forces.
Mike Friedenberg sounded the alarm about the unbalanced production and use of rockets and concluded that it is necessary to adopt measures to prevent further escalation of conflicts and work towards achieving peace in the world.
