Retain Mike wrote: “I have a hard time imagining an initial inventory of a munition is placed in a warehouse, never expended in exercises, and never upgraded.”
DoD has various computer models that are used to calculate how many munitions we need in the inventory. Usually, these models also calculate how many will be used for training. We produce to those amounts. Sometimes some are withdrawn from storage for reliability testing. Sometimes as munitions are expended they might be replaced with upgraded versions. The oldest in the inventory are the ones usually withdrawn for testing, etc.
He said the factories no longer existed. But that doesn’t make sense. I would keep the people and equipment in place, produce for our allies and use profits for innovation.