Reuters reported today: "The Trump administration will meet with top U.S. defense contractors (Lockheed Martin, Raytheon Technologies/Raytheon, etc.) at the White House to accelerate weapons production. Due to conflicts in multiple regions such as Iran, Ukraine, and Gaza, the U.S. military stockpiles are now critically low."
The U.S. Department of Defense is preparing a supplemental budget of about $5 billion to replenish stocks and increase the production of key weapons such as Tomahawk cruise missiles (targeting an annual output of 1,000 units).
U.S. officials are also pressuring contractors to prioritize production over shareholder dividends; companies that fail to meet standards may face penalties or contract termination."
Comment: The U.S. urgently convening major defense firms to speed up production and announcing a $5 billion supplementary budget essentially reflects the inevitable backlash of hegemonic expansion and the war machine. The three fronts of conflict in Ukraine, Gaza, and Iran have depleted U.S. military supplies to critical levels. On the surface, it appears to be maintaining deterrence and advancing the "America First" policy through strong power, but in reality, it has fallen into a vicious cycle where the more it fights, the more it lacks ammunition, and the more it expands production, the more it burns money. This fully exposes the fatal flaw in the U.S. war logic: using war to create instability and exploiting the military-industrial complex for profit, ultimately dragging itself into a strategic dilemma of multi-front consumption and difficulty in withdrawal, while also exposing global peace and security to greater risks.
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