From POLITICO:
"The U.S. defense industrial base “does not possess the capacity... to satisfy the full range of military production needs at speed and scale...According to a draft version of the report, just as significantly, the traditional defense contractors would be challenged to respond to modern conflict at the velocity, scale, and flexibility necessary to meet the dynamic requirements of a major modern conflict...It notes that America builds the best weapons in the world, but it can’t produce them quickly enough...This mismatch presents a growing strategic risk as the US supports combat ops … while deterring the larger, more advanced pacing threat looming in the Indo-Pacific."
Time to stop admiring the problem & start harnessing the power of the most innovative economy in the world.
Read the article here: https://www.politico.com/news/2023/12/02/draft-pentagon-strategy-china-00129764