🧵One of the largest problems facing @NATO that the #WarInUkraine has exposed is the lack of adequate stocks of weapons and munitions when considering the rates of munitions consumption in this war. For 20yrs of GWOT the assumption was that a major war of this kind was unlikely1/
The mantra was “just-in-time” when it came to munitions and supplies in the name of efficiency. That “efficiency” is today our vulnerability. The big five US defense contractors are scrambling to surge production. The situation of Europe’s defense industry is borderline dire.2/
The extent to which the proponents of globalization have de-industrialized the country leaves us with little capacity to switch to wartime production in an emergency. In WWII Chrysler could retool from making cars to making tanks. How do you retool Facebook to make missiles.? 3/
Consider the long wait times after orders have been placed for M1A2s, F-35s, etc. Bottom line: We need to invest now in expanding our defense industrial capacity and build stocks of weapons and munitions. The mantra of “just-in-time” must be replaced by “just-in-case.” /End
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