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Empty Bins in a Wartime Environment

The Challenge to the U.S. Defense Industrial Base

ISBN-13: 9781538170601
Publisher: ROWMAN & LITTLEFIELD PUBLISHERS
Imprint: ROWMAN & LITTLEFIELD PUBLISHERS
By Seth G. Jones
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Local release date: 29/06/2023
Format: Paperback (279.00mm X 216.00mm) 46 pages Weight: 0g
Categories: Warfare & defence [JW]

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Google Preview: The U.S. defense industrial base is not adequately prepared for the international security environment that now exists. In a major regional conflict-such as a war with China in the Taiwan Strait-the U.S. use of munitions would likely exceed the current stockpiles of the U.S. Department of Defense. According to the results of a series of CSIS war games, the United States would likely run out of some munitions-such as long-range, precision-guided munitions-in less than one week in a Taiwan Strait conflict. The war in Ukraine has also exposed serious deficiencies in the U.S. defense industrial base and serves as a stark reminder that a protracted conflict is likely to be an industrial war that requires a defense industry able to manufacture enough munitions, weapons systems, and materiel to replace depleted stockpiles. As timelines for a possible conflict in Asia shrink, the goal should be to support the production capacity required to enable the United States and its allies and partners to deter and, if deterrence fails, fight and win at least one major theater war-if not two. "Just in time" and lean manufacturing operations must be balanced with carrying added capacity. The U.S. Department of Defense, in coordination with Congress, should develop a plan now that involves taking steps to streamline and improve production, acquisitions, replenishment, Foreign Military Sales, ITAR, and other policies and procedures. A revitalization of the defense industrial base will not happen overnight for the United States or its allies and partners. It is time to prepare for the era of competition that now exists.; Seth G. Jones is senior vice president, Harold Brown Chair, director of the International Security Program, and director of the Transnational Threats Project at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS).; 01 | Introduction 02 | Ukraine and the Great Awakening 03 | Empty Bins and Major War 04 | Foreign Military Sales and Other Programs and Procedures 05 | Getting Ahead of the Problem About the Author Appendix: Equipment Committed to Ukraine and Replacement Contract Issues Endnotes; Google Preview content

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