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Alarm sounded as Trump in frantic rush to pump up weapons stockpiles
Trump Wants More War. The Arsenal Is Baked in Delay.The Short VersionThe Hill reports that Trump is pushing to rebuild U.S. weapons stockpiles after draining them in the wars in Ukraine and Iran, but the industrial base cannot deliver on his timetable. Missiles and interceptors take years to produce, contractors cannot instantly expand capacity, and even a massive $1.5 trillion defense request would not turn today’s depleted caches into tomorrow’s ready supply.The Real Decision-MakersThe power here is not some abstract national need. It is Trump, Congress, the Pentagon, and the contractors he…
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