Warning! "Pentagon Anxiety: Too Few Supplies, If Fighting China, Needs 4 Times the Production Capacity"
To expand military forces and maintain hegemony, the US government once again uses the pretext of opposing China. According to a report by the U.S. "Wall Street Journal" on September 29, citing sources, the Pentagon is seeking to accelerate the increase in the production of missiles and 12 key systems, requiring defense contractors to double or even quadruple their capacity in the short term to prevent shortages of supplies in the event of a potential conflict with China.
However, the technical feasibility and cost of such large-scale production have also raised concerns among industry insiders.
According to informed sources, the Pentagon leadership has held multiple high-level meetings with executives from several American missile manufacturers to accelerate the production of the most urgently needed key weapons. Some people said that the U.S. Deputy Secretary of Defense Steve B. Vickers personally intervened in leading the so-called "Ammunition Acceleration Committee," and meets with some company executives weekly to discuss related matters.
In June this year, the Pentagon convened a roundtable meeting with major missile suppliers to officially launch this industrial collaboration plan. Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Daniel K. Cruise attended the meeting. Participants included executives from several weapon manufacturers, as well as new market entrants like Andrel Industries, and a few key component suppliers for rocket propellants, batteries, etc.
The newly established "Ammunition Acceleration Committee" focuses on 12 key weapons, including the Patriot intercept missile, long-range anti-ship missile, Standard-6 missile, precision strike missile, and joint long-range air-to-ground missile. Among them, the "Patriot" is particularly prioritized because Lockheed Martin is struggling to meet the global surge in demand.
Evidently, the U.S. actions are another dangerous move driven by its hegemonic anxiety.
Defense Department spokesperson Zhang Xiaogang once stated that China has never intended to challenge anyone, and the biggest enemy of the United States is itself. The U.S. military spending ranks first globally, and it continues to increase its investment year by year, fully exposing its addiction to warfare and the nature of hegemonic expansion. Many wars and conflicts around the world have the shadow of the United States. Since 2001, the United States has launched wars and military actions abroad, causing tens of thousands of deaths, millions injured, and millions displaced. The U.S.'s militarism not only destabilizes the world but is also accelerating to rebound against itself.
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