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A draft copy of the new National Defense Industrial Strategy says American companies can’t build weapons fast enough to meet global demand.

America’s defense industry is struggling to achieve the kind of speed and responsiveness to stay ahead in a high-tech arms race with competitors such as China, an unreleased draft of a new Pentagon report on the defense industry warns.

The first ever National Defense Industrial Strategy, which is set to be released in the coming weeks by Pentagon acquisition chief William LaPlante, is meant to be a comprehensive look at what the Pentagon needs in order to tap into the expertise of small tech firms, while funding and supporting traditional companies to move faster to develop new tech.

As it stands now, the U.S. defense industrial base “does not possess the capacity, capability, responsiveness, or resilience required to satisfy the full range of military production needs at speed and scale,” according to a draft version of the report, obtained by POLITICO.

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[–] CollisionResistance 20 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (4 children)

US defense spending is close to a trillion. China's is less than a third of that.

And how about an effin audit. No?

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/pentagon-fails-audit-sixth-year-row-2023-11-16/

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago

Mostly because the US has to actually develop and research new weapon technology and China just copies everything so they don't need to spend as much.

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