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Originally Posted by Itse
The US also has massive stockpiles of stuff (enough tanks to replace all the losses on both sides many times over for example), but it's not stuff Ukraine can use right away, and most of it is on a different continent.
If the war goes long (which looks likely right now), over time we'll likely see Ukraine using more and more NATO equipment.
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Barring a big change in policy, NATO countries aren't going to be sending things like tanks or planes to Ukraine (other than the Soviet tanks Poland sent). The US wouldn't even provide jets to Poland (which would have allowed Poland to send MiG-29s to Ukraine) for fear of escalation.
Longer term, NATO countries can probably provide heavier arms while distancing themselves slightly by funding Ukraine and then having Ukraine buy weapons directly from Western manufacturers, but that's going to take a while if the weapons aren't coming out of existing stockpiles.