Pentagon opens ammunition factory in Texas to keep arms supply to Ukraine, — New York Times.

The factory under construction in Mesquite, Texas, will soon produce 30,000 155-mm artillery shells per month, roughly double the current US production capacity. In particular, they should cover Ukraine's need to counter Russian forces.

To keep Ukraine’s artillery crews supplied, the Pentagon set a production target last year of 100,000 shells per month by the end of 2025. 

However, the launch of a single new factory may not be enough to change the outcome of the fighting in Ukraine's favor.

“The steady increase of artillery ammunition production is significant for long-term U.S. and Ukrainian needs,” said Michael Kofman, an expert on the Russian military and a senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, “but even in the best case scenario, I would say those late-2025 output targets will arrive late in this war, and it is likely that Russian artillery output will still be higher than the US and Europe combined at that point.”