The Pentagon would be pressuring weapon suppliers to fold or until quadrupting their critical weapon stocks to a hypothetical conflict with China, sources familiar with the matter were reported to the matter The Wall Street Journal (WSJ).
This request was made in a series of high -level meetings between Donald Trump government representatives linked to national defense and entrepreneurs linked to the manufacture of war equipment.
According to WSJDeputy Secretary of Defense, Steve Feinberg, assumed an “extraordinarily” role in this effort, called the acceleration council of ammunition. The meetings take place weekly with some executives of these companies, the sources said.
The American newspaper also revealed that the Secretary of Defense, Pete Hegseth, and General Dan Caine, head of the joint state, met in June at a meeting with high executives from various weapons manufacturers, new market entries, such as Anduril Industries, and some vendors of important pieces, such as propellants for rockets and batteries.
Pentagon spokesman Sean Parnell admitted the government’s intention to expand arms production in a statement to WSJ: “President Trump and Secretary Hegseth are exploring extraordinary ways to expand our military power and accelerate ammunition production.”
Trump’s fiscal plan, approved in July by Congress, allocated additional US $ 25 billion in arms production financing for five years.
According to the newspaper, US military authorities show a growing fear of American capacity in a hypothetical direct conflict, especially after the invasion of Russia in Ukraine in 2022.
