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autotldr t1_j1z0xjp wrote

This is the best tl;dr I could make, original reduced by 93%. (I'm a bot)


> WASHINGTON The defense minister of Baltic ally Lithuania voiced skepticism over the recent Pentagon assessment that Russia, after months of fighting Ukraine and slapped with western sanctions, would deplete its fully-serviceable ammunition stockpiles by early 2023.

> Arvydas Anušauskas, following visits with U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and other U.S. officials here, said in an interview that any appraisals of Russia's weapons stockpiles ought to also factor in Lithuania's Russian-allied neighbor Belarus, which sent Russia more than 20,000 tons of ammunition earlier this year.

> How does Lithuania regard a new entrant into the defense market like South Korea, which also makes self-propelled howitzers, and is known for marketing itself pretty aggressively?


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