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How Supporting Ukraine Is Revitalizing the U.S. Defense Industrial Base
csis ^ | 18-APRIL-2024 | Elizabeth Hoffman, Audrey Aldisert, Cynthia Cook, Gregory Sanders, and Shivani Vakharia

Posted on 04/21/2024 11:38:58 AM PDT by SpeedyInTexas

Congress is facing the most significant and transformational opportunity to strengthen the U.S. defense industrial base (DIB) since the end of World War II. The heritage equipment that the United States has provided to Ukraine for its self-defense in the face of the brazen and illegal invasion by Russian forces in 2022 needs to be replenished to ensure the United States is postured to continue to deter its adversaries. The new hardware will be produced at factories across the nation. Of the $113 billion appropriated by Congress to date related to the conflict in Ukraine, as much as $68 billion is destined to be invested here at home. U.S. support for Ukraine thus offers a once-in-a-generation opportunity to sustain a demand signal to address long-standing weaknesses in U.S. DIB systems generally and ordnance and missile production specifically. Examining how U.S. military assistance to Ukraine is being spent and where funds for the U.S. industrial base relevant to Ukraine and future U.S. needs are being invested can help demonstrate how Russia’s war can establish a long-term incentive structure to revitalize the DIB.

Prior to the war in Ukraine, policymakers recognized the need to shift away from a defense posture focused on counterterrorism and counterinsurgency to one prepared to confront rising great power competition. This was articulated in the National Security Strategy adopted by the Trump administration in December 2017. The strategy specifically highlighted the need for a robust and innovative DIB and noted supply chain vulnerabilities. Recognition of the challenges did not result in rectification, as the attention of policymakers pivoted to crises including the Covid-19 pandemic, domestic political unrest, and the end of the U.S. presence in Afghanistan. In the face of the continuing supply chain vulnerabilities, these policies were sustained in the Biden administration’s 2022 National Security Strategy”

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To: SpeedyInTexas

“War is the health of the State.”

Randolph Bourne


21 posted on 04/21/2024 12:14:57 PM PDT by mewzilla (Never give up; never surrender!)
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To: SpeedyInTexas
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22 posted on 04/21/2024 12:20:27 PM PDT by bimboeruption (“Less propaganda would be appreciated.” JimRob 12-2-2023)
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To: SpeedyInTexas

Dancing Queen Zelensky finally gets his grift from the US Taxpayers and look who crawls out from under his rock.


23 posted on 04/21/2024 12:22:30 PM PDT by bimboeruption (“Less propaganda would be appreciated.” JimRob 12-2-2023)
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To: tlozo

—>> I have ALWAYS thought that Epstein was a CIA tool who did exactly THIS

Especially if we can ignore our own issues and bankrupt the US


24 posted on 04/21/2024 12:27:12 PM PDT by aMorePerfectUnion
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To: bimboeruption

He now knows the checks will clear.
Happy days are here again for the war porn boys.

“Dancing Queen Zelensky finally gets his grift from the US Taxpayers and look who crawls out from under his rock.”


25 posted on 04/21/2024 12:29:45 PM PDT by Right Brigade (It was better before they voted for whats his name,this must be the New World)
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To: SpeedyInTexas

“And in other news, Glock corporate spokesmen say that the rise of MS-13 and other street gangs in American cities is revitalizing their production capacity and really helped spike their first quarter numbers”.


26 posted on 04/21/2024 12:32:57 PM PDT by DesertRhino (2016 Star Wars, 2020 The Empire Strikes Back, 2024... RETURN OF THE JEDI. )
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To: aMorePerfectUnion

What is it with these zeepers? They post their leftist propaganda on here and then make inflammatory comments, rife with insults and false accusations as their introductory comment.

I’ve noticed almost all of them doing this lately.

And they wonder why we dislike them and hold them in contempt. 🤷🏻‍♀️


27 posted on 04/21/2024 12:33:27 PM PDT by Allegra (Less propaganda would be appreciated. )
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To: Right Brigade

I know some guys who work for Northrop locally. All navy vets and MAGA Trump voters. I’ll pass along your kind words. LMAO.


28 posted on 04/21/2024 12:34:08 PM PDT by lodi90
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To: SpeedyInTexas

If only this would encourage the US to dramatically increase its shipbuilding capacity!

Picture a dollar bill, see the “1” in the lower right corner? Picture the “1” 4X smaller. Got that image?

The rest of the dollar bill is China’s shipbuilding capacity.


29 posted on 04/21/2024 12:34:16 PM PDT by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now its your turn)
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To: aMorePerfectUnion

Yes, amazing America First Patriots.

Or, as the case in point here on FR, pinging Russian patriots or parrots, whichever.


30 posted on 04/21/2024 12:37:10 PM PDT by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now its your turn)
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To: Right Brigade

>>>>He now knows the checks will clear.
Happy days are here again for the war porn boys.<<<<

Sicko Speedy and his like minded buds will be back pleasuring themselves while watching snuff films on his threads today.


31 posted on 04/21/2024 12:39:42 PM PDT by bimboeruption (“Less propaganda would be appreciated.” JimRob 12-2-2023)
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To: PIF

and here comes PIP, a proud Zeeper who calls for war yet has never had a fight in his life 🤣


32 posted on 04/21/2024 12:42:24 PM PDT by JonPreston ( ✌ ☮️ )
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To: tlozo

” US spent 5% of its military budget(Donating mostly older weapons) to destroy half of Russia’s military capability”

Russia has found out its stuff and strategy were utter trash.

Russia is working hard to fix its military.


33 posted on 04/21/2024 12:42:26 PM PDT by Brian Griffin
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To: Allegra

Zeepers all have unbalanced emotional or mental issues…


34 posted on 04/21/2024 12:47:29 PM PDT by aMorePerfectUnion
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To: SpeedyInTexas
"Of course the RuZZian Boys don't want the US DIB strengthened."

Of course the politicians on both sides of the aisle with investments in the military industrial complex want an unending proxy war with Russia so they can make themselves even richer off taxpayer money.

35 posted on 04/21/2024 12:49:03 PM PDT by mass55th (“Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway.” ― John Wayne)
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To: JonPreston

How many years was your tour of duty?


36 posted on 04/21/2024 12:54:39 PM PDT by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now its your turn)
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To: SpeedyInTexas

“Japan approves biggest military buildup since second world war amid China fears”

If China, Russia, Iran, North Korea aren’t a threat then America doesn’t need to be able to fight a war and make improvements in manufacturing.


37 posted on 04/21/2024 12:54:44 PM PDT by ansel12 ((NATO warrior under Reagan, and RA under Nixon, bemoaning the pro-Russians from Vietnam to Ukraine.))
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To: lodi90
"I know some guys who work for Northrop locally. All navy vets and MAGA Trump voters. I’ll pass along your kind words. LMAO. "

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Is this them ?

.

I'm still looking for a photo of the 1/16 scale Global Hawk that Northrup employees displayed at the San Diego Pride Parade. (as described on their website)

https://www.northropgrumman.com/life-at-northrop-grumman/united-with-lgbt-pride

38 posted on 04/21/2024 12:55:35 PM PDT by Reverend Wright ( Everything touched by progressives, dies !)
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To: aMorePerfectUnion
Especially if we can ignore our own issues and bankrupt the US

Sure, we are going bankrupt NOT because of trillions in covid spending but because we spent 100 billion on Ukraine last year out of a total US budget of 6.5 trillion. Makes sense

39 posted on 04/21/2024 12:57:03 PM PDT by tlozo ( Trump: "As everyone agrees, Ukraine Survival and Strength...is also important to us!" )
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To: Brian Griffin
Russia is working hard to fix its military.

Yup, russians are doing great, with human wave assaults.

40 posted on 04/21/2024 12:59:35 PM PDT by tlozo ( Trump: "As everyone agrees, Ukraine Survival and Strength...is also important to us!" )
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