Pentagon quadrupling missile production to counter China
Story by Benedict Smith • 31m
The Pentagon is pushing weapons manufacturers to quadruple missile production to counter China.
Senior defence figures are alarmed at dwindling US stockpiles and are pushing suppliers to adopt a “breakneck schedule”, The Wall Street Journal reported.
Officials from the US department of defence, recently renamed the department of war, held a series of meetings with the heads of US weapons firms in a bid to convince them to ramp up capacity.
However, some experts have cast doubt on whether the industry can be pushed to adopt the government’s timetable without tens of billions of dollars more in federal spending.
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