The United States, President Franklin D. Roosevelt said during World War II, must become the 'arsenal of democracy.'
by the Center for Strategic and International Studies found that"in the event of a major regional conflict — such as 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."
And potentially failing to field armaments has a global effect on U.S. national security, undercutting existing policy."Stockpiles in the United States," the CSIS study observed,"have become strained and American arms makers have not been able to keep up with the pace of Ukraine’s battlefield operations."
Top Pentagon officials have also expressed their concern. On July 12, 2023, the commander of U.S. Air Forces in Europe, Gen. James Hecker, warned that the stockpile of weapons of the U.S. and its allies is"dangerously low.” Further belying these concerns, the U.S. hasinto existing stockpiles in South Korea, Israel, and elsewhere."We need to get industry on board," Gen. Hecker warned.
Fortunately, the Biden administration’s nominee for chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Gen. C.Q. Brown, has expressed his support for the multiyear purchasing of munitions. This is no small thing. By their very nature, limited contracts remove an incentive for defense companies to produce armaments beyond the year stipulated. Multiyear contracts, however, will better ensure that munitions are more readily available and will help replenish diminishing stockpiles. Indeed, several analysts have recommended the adoption of multiyear contracts for procuring munitions. But more work remains.
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