Rapidly Depleting Munitions Stockpiles Point to Necessary Changes in Policy

As the war in Ukraine continues, U.S. weapons support for Ukraine is quickly draining munitions stockpiles. Weapons manufacturers do not have the capacity to promptly meet this surging demand. After years of comparatively small annual munitions purchases, manufacturers have made the predictable and sensible business decision to keep only the manufacturing capacity necessary to fulfill their contracts.

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