Air Force: We’re Low on Bombs Because Congress Can’t Pass a Budget
By Marcus Weisgerber
September 20, 2017
It’s hard to persuade arms makers to boost production, even to fight ISIS, without cash on the barrelhead.
Correction: Due to an editing error, an earlier version of this article misidentified the maker of the Hellfire missile as Raytheon. The missile is made by Lockheed Martin. The article has been updated.
More than three years into its airstrike campaign against the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, the Pentagon is still struggling to replenish its bomb and missile stockpiles. Now it’s Congress’ budgetary inaction that is thwarting Air Force efforts to persuade arms makers to increase production.
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