The U.S. military's stockpiles of key weapons systems could be depleted in less than a week during a major war with China, according to a report by CSIS.
Rep. Michael McCaul, R-Texas, discusses the future of the U.S.’s relationship with China along with the economic implications of the debt ceiling conflict on ‘Fox News Sunday.’of key munitions and the capacity of the industrial base to ramp up production, warning that American forces could burn through existing precision weapon stockpiles in less than a week in a potential war with China over Taiwan.
House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul told Bream that he's "very" worried about the situation and added, "Our defense industrial base is broken. I signed off on all foreign military weapon sales three years ago. They have yet to go into Taiwan, so we need that deterrence. But if we don't have the weapons, that's as critical for deterrence."
House Armed Services Committee Ranking Member Adam Smith concurred and told Bream the situation is a "huge problem" and that "we don't have the industrial base, and we don't have the ability to ramp up that industrial base." Smith explained that the defense industry doesn't want to make major investments in expanding production capacity for key weapons systems without a "demand signal, without knowing that we're going to buy them.
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