Why is our government so opposed to increasing America’s munitions production? We seem to have no problem supporting Ukraine, but not if it means working.
“Army Secretary Christine Wormuth separately told reporters that the U.S. will go from making 14,000 155mm shells each month to 20,000 by the spring and 40,000 by 2025.”
“Bush noted the Army is paying to expand and improve production capacity at its ammunition plants in Scranton, Pennsylvania; Kingsport, Tennessee; and Middletown, Iowa. Army officials also aim to contract with defense firms outside the U.S. for artillery shells for Ukraine, a step in line with talks between senior Pentagon officials and their foreign counterparts about greater industrial cooperation.
Beyond artillery shells, Bush said he is pushing to double production for the most in-demand precision munitions for Ukraine: Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System rounds for the Lockheed Martin-made High Mobility Artillery Rocket System and Javelins, the portable anti-tank weapon jointly made by Lockheed and Raytheon Technologies.
The Senate-passed version of the sweeping 2023 National Defense Authorization Act aims to authorize massive purchases of high-priority munitions using multiyear contracts to help Ukraine fight Russia and to refill U.S. stockpiles; the bill would also provide waivers to speed up the process.”
“Why is our government so opposed to increasing America’s munitions production?”
For starters, we no longer have the industrial base, since “The End of History” meant no more wars, at least in the twisted minds of the Neocons. Specifically, I suspect that we simply cannot even get some of the raw materials in the quantities needed for starters, since most are imported, and often from not-so-friendly countries.
Maybe the US has soured relationship with all the countries that would supply the raw materials and so made laws and close off mining in our own country that they just don’t have enough