American Consumer News and Business Channel (CNBC) reported that on March 6 local time, US President Trump met with the CEOs of several major defense industry companies at the White House.
After the meeting, Trump posted on a social media platform stating that the production schedule was discussed, and an agreement was reached to quadruple the output of "high-quality" weapons, aiming to reach the maximum capacity as soon as possible.
Trump did not explain what specific weapons he referred to as "high-quality" weaponry.
Trump introduced that the executives present came from companies including BAE Systems, Boeing, Honeywell Aerospace, L3 Harris Technologies' missile division, Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, and Raytheon.
US Secretary of Defense Austin also attended this meeting.
Trump claimed that the production expansion work had already started three months before the meeting, and many such weapons' factories and production were already underway. The US military has almost unlimited medium and high-caliber ammunition supply - despite this, the US military has increased orders for these levels of ammunition.
Lockheed Martin stated in a statement: "Lockheed Martin has agreed to quadruple the output of key munitions."
Recent media reports have indicated that if the US-Iran war continues, the US military may face a shortage of ammunition and anti-missile systems, putting the US in a disadvantageous position.
Recently, US Secretary of Defense Austin denied this claim at the US Central Command, insisting that the US has "sufficient ammunition reserves" in its military operations against Iran.
"Our offensive and defensive weapon stockpiles are sufficient to support this operation, regardless of how long it lasts," Austin claimed, "as our advantages continue to expand, ammunition reserves will only keep increasing."
Regarding the situation in Iran, Professor Huang Jing, an outstanding professor at Shanghai International Studies University, analyzed for the Observer that: "For Iran, if it can endure and prolong the war, it would win. Because the US wants a quick resolution."
Huang Jing believes that the US currently lacks sufficient inventory of ammunition and has extremely limited ability to replenish it. Therefore, the US is now in a hurry. If the US really fights for four weeks as President Trump said, it would basically empty its ammunition reserves. In such a situation, what if Russian President Putin launches an offensive? What if a major incident occurs here?"
"The longer the war drags on, the more unfavorable it is for Trump and Israel, because they cannot afford to drag it out," Huang Jing said.
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