How War In Ukraine And Taiwan Tensions Caused A Supply Chain Crunch For U.S. Defense Industry

The war in Ukraine and rising tensions over Taiwan have caused demand for high-tech, American-made weapons to surge. And with the ongoing supply chain crunch and inflation continuing to rise, military industry watchers question whether the U.S. defense sector can keep up.
“We can’t rely on China to build components for our weapons, which is to some extent, potentially what we have done - whether knowingly or not,” said Elbridge Colby, co-founder and principal of The Marathon Initiative.
Even with the largest defense budget in the world, the U.S. military is not immune to supply chain challenges. But with an already massive budget and questions on Pentagon spending, some critics think that more funds may not be the answer.
“Next year’s national security budget will likely be nearly a trillion and a half dollars,” said Julia Gledhill, an analyst at the Center for Defense Information at the Project On Government Oversight. “And Congress wants to add tens of billions of dollars to that number, despite the fact that the Department of Defense has shown time and again that it’s not managing its finances effectively.”
Identifying inefficiencies and moving forward with programs that work, while sidelining those that do not, could be one way to address the problems that have plagued previous big-budget Pentagon
initiatives. The Department of Defense did not respond to CNBC’s request for comment for this story.
“I don’t think that this necessarily means we’re going to blow the top off of the defense budget,” said Chris Dougherty, a senior fellow at the Center for a New American Security. “It’s probably more about developing an ability to scale and ramp production, when and where it’s needed.”
Watch the video above to find out more about the challenges the U.S. defense industry faces, and the potential solutions to break through supply chain bottlenecks and budgetary constraints.
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How War In Ukraine And Taiwan Tensions Caused A Supply Chain Crunch For US Defense Industry

[@ashwinbalu]

Lockheed Martin and Boeing seems to be majority beneficiaries from this spending

[@LaSombraa]

Always have been…. Northrop Grumman aswell

[@kenaaronbabbit9987]

Raytheon

[@mandakhg6568]

folks just imagine the power that Lockheed Martin holds in US government through lobbying!

[@winstoneshipping9355]

the crab🦀dance until in the pot of hot water♨ on the stove is heated! Like that, Ukraine will dance until Russia drops the atomic bomb💣!🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@trevortrevose9124]

thats why im investing rn

[@uekvowzkaebbzuvrgipqxhemmwbhe]

“Lobbying” = corruption

[@elliottharris9015]

War is a business.

[@mathemat3939]

I worked for a defense contractor as an engineer before. There is so much waste. You are punished if you finish work too fast. People do not care how much parts cost and they buy things from friends' companies for overpriced crappy stuff.

[@HTV-2_Hypersonic_Glide_Vehicle]

Do you think China and Russia are capable of creating superior weaponry for less?

[@steven2183]

I was a maintenance supervisor for my division when I was in the Navy before I got out. Replacement parts that are so old and have a high fail rate that are not cost effective to produce commercially anymore are being custom built at factories for inflated prices. It's crony capitalism at its worst, and the problem is systemic......it's all so surreal to me...

[@mathemat3939]

@@steven2183 The way defense contractors are ran is like government welfare for engineers. Literally contracts NEED a minimum head count. It doesn't matter if a contract can be done 5x as fast with 1/4 the amount of engineers but with good engineers. They need to employ the full contract amount. There is no incentive in getting things done faster. Sure there are fixed cost contracts now but it never works because the government is like we sunk 10 billion already so whats another 2 billion or something. Private industry is magnitudes more efficient. Even the poorly ran private companies are much more efficient than the quasi government defense contractor companies. Lockheed martin, raytheon, general dynamics, northrop...etc are all the same.

[@ErectkyleDysfunction]

Your credit score dips if you pay off a loan too fast. It's the same corruption.

[@HTV-2_Hypersonic_Glide_Vehicle]

@@ErectkyleDysfunction your credit score decreases if you repay the loan in full too soon? That sounds absolutely ridiculous.

[@ronblack7870]

over 1/4 of the defense budget is operations fuel , logistics etc. then a close second is salary to everyone in the military . those 2 items take up half the budget. procurement as about 15% . this is based on 2018 data. when the us sends a billion dollars in equipment that number is based on replacement cost which is calculated at up to 3 times the original cost of the item. i question why such a high markup? also much of the stuff sent is the oldest inventory so may be due for replacement soon anyway. the javelins are the oldest generation for instance.

[@lockelamora8099]

Because we actually dont produce a lot of that stuff at scale, so you need to invest in the tools to build the weapons and especially the munitions to fight more than three weeks of war. This is especially true for Stingers. We haven't actually built those things for a while, and then we suddenly realized they're very useful. Why don't we have these stockpiles or industrial capacity? Because of that procurement number. Since the 1990s peace dividend the defense top line has been shrinking and procurement has paid for it more than any other account. 07-09 may have looked like a budget spike, but that was O&M and a few emergency purchases, not modernization spending. We research a lot of stuff we don't buy. To the commenter on this video battering on about US spending, the budget actually hasn't kept up with inflation for five years; everything's more expensive, and the Pentagon's been losing serious buying power.

[@the_village_elder]

It’s all a waste. The entire military. Throw it away. We terrorize the planet in the name of fiat money

[@jholmes4355]

Thank you autocrats for making security contracting of ALL types great again 👍 Time to get paid

[@levelazn]

Drone struck afghan children are autocracts?😅

[@switch12345678]

@@levelazn Even Trump was considered a dictator by some Democrats. 😂

[@BOMBON187]

I wish I could show this to my ex-boss, he thought that skilled labor was easy and cheap to find. On the same token he constantly complained why so many bad parts went out and why we were always behind schedule.

[@amazon4716]

Fun fact: a former CcP fled China with blueprints to the hypersonic missiles Went to Britain before ending up in America. Welcome newly minted American citizen. Thank you for your service.

[@Waldemarvonanhalt]

Proof that 100% native production of military hardware is important.

[@ululukululu450]

Didnt you hear, USA spends more on defense than next 9 countries combined. Combined.

[@yengsabio5315]

It's good if you have all the raw materials domestically for producing military hardware.

[@mackster85]

It would increase costs even more. Militaries are a on-call organizations. Despite all the maneuvers a conflict creates real backpressure on the industry. The complexity of todays weapons increases the problem. It’s not like the 50s were a boat company can start a tank production line. And it’s a difference if you are in war economy - where government can order the economy to prioritize capacity - or not

[@fazhang8174]

Who will pay for it? Definitely not you!

[@Bk6346]

High labour costs is passed on to the taxpayers

[@alexzicker]

Such a good thing that the largest business in the World, the USA armed forces, have no corruption.

[@Ser_Archy]

There are corrupt people everywhere even armed forces

[@jaydibernardo4320]

"Always money for a war, Never money for the poor." -Random Internet Person

[@modernexistence4206]

Poor people are not poor because a lack of money, they're poor because of a lack of skills, knowledge, and work ethic.

[@rodrozil6544]

I wish I get 0.0000001% of the military budget.

[@nomore-constipation]

@@modernexistence4206 Screw you, 'we' enjoy our free money. 🙄

[@darinherrick9224]

@@modernexistence4206 even Dave Ramsey disagrees with that garbage. The poor are poor because they don’t have money. END OF STORY.

[@montai3689]

@@modernexistence4206 Let’s invest another 50 billion into all of our public schools why not…imagine 100billion a year added income for public schools/field trips/security/ more individualized teaching curriculum

[@aztronomy7457]

2:33 Beautiful woman

[@Raverzdreams]

We can't even house and feed millions of our own people but we can spend trillions on other countries

[@vyros.3234]

We havent spent trillions on other country, all we have done is sent them supplys. Allies are important. And we can clothe and house all our people but capitalism makes it to where 1% struggles to do so.

[@GintaPPE1000]

Welfare already consumes nearly 70% of the US budget. Medicare and Medicaid each spent nearly $50 billion more in FY2021 than the entire DoD. Making sure no man, woman, and child is left behind is sinking this country far more than defense expenditures.

[@HungMelow]

And people wonder why homelessness is terrible in America…. All the budget goes to military.

[@syjiang]

Can you quote the actual percentage of fed budget that goes into defense in the US? State and local spending also primarily go into social spending and capital projects not accounted on that budget pie chart. Homelessness is a complex issue with deeper roots stemming from local problems.

[@sherrylander2643]

As you lay in bed each night 🌙 do me a favor, thank all dedicated veterans who have given up their lives so that we can be free.

[@brucechen4444]

@@sherrylander2643 no country dare or want to attack US. Those soldiers protect US dollar instead of freedom.

[@Phillip-wt4dz]

How money is being spent was always the issue in America, y'know it's not as simple as saying more is being spent in one area when the spending in that area isn't even being done properly.

[@TheBooban]

Sorry, but it wouldn’t matter how much money you pour into solving homelessness, 80% would be wasted and most would not be helped. The approach is wrong.

[@zhli4238]

Defense industry also depends on rare earth elements from China, for lasers, F-35 stealth coatings, motor magnets ... and China has an over 80% worldwide dominance in the strategic materials. When Taiwan conflict starts, these supplies maybe disrupted.

[@HTV-2_Hypersonic_Glide_Vehicle]

They depend on rare earth *production* from China, but they don't necessarily require only Chinese rare earth materials. Given a dire enough situation, the United States would be able to provide rare earth materials as well.

[@ronblack7870]

the dominance is actually about the refining capacity. it's cheaper to refine there because of lower labor and slack environmental laws and also no ability for obstruction by nimby's and other organizations. if we want to refine here either we subsidize or change some laws that go too far . if some frog is deemed in danger where you want to put a factory you can't do it. we need to decide our real priorities.

[@kenaaronbabbit9987]

We own the Taiwan straight and we own china. We give them 80 percent to build our stuff with

[@nutsackmania]

@@ronblack7870 So the U.S. lets China do the dirty work and pays it in U.S. currency it makes up. What a crock for the U.S.

[@sebastian192]

other countries have rare earths too, i think it's just because the extraction process causes a lot of pollution, so other countries rather pay china to do it. in the case of war, however, i think every country is willing to cause some pollution.

[@n00n1n]

Goddamn Julia, looking fine AF.

[@Riveloperinc]

How about not spending so much on military gear and more on Americans direct needs, like healthcare and housing.

[@RXI63]

You people voted for this.

[@redslate]

Drop "debt forgiveness" and redirect 3/4 of what educational institutions are profiting towards those issues and we'll be off to a rollicking good start.

[@alevyts3523]

Ukraine got zero modern tanks, zero jet fighter, zero ships, zero helicopters, zero heavy drones. Ukraine got 4 air defense, 15 HIMARS. West - "We're out of weapons".

[@switch12345678]

Don't you see the conclusion that they don't send modern weapons so that the Russians can't spy? Only the old devices are now used up. 😂

[@judelarkin2883]

$1.5 trillion US defense budget. 12.5% of US households with children under the age of 18 cannot afford enough food - USDA Statistic. 🤔

[@NotoriousRawDogger]

How do I sign up to be a defence contractor? It’s time i made the big bucks

[@kalebjohns7715]

Look up federal procurement.

[@JustinJamesJeep]

KZbin: supply chain videos get clicks. CNBC: ight bet!

[@notapplicable4567]

Julia is peng ting

[@compassroses]

The repetitive background noise is TOO LOUD. It should be almost subliminal. Instead, it makes it difficult to hear spoken information. Surprise, surprise, viewers are here for information, not irritating muzak.

[@EduardoSanchez-un2hh]

Julia is hot.

[@cybertrk]

How about we don’t go to war

[@johnl.7754]

We are not at war we are supporting a country against our enemy Russia

[@brianvieira157]

@@johnl.7754 Who is not a part of NATO so we are at war try again

[@user-hf2dr7sh4y]

@@johnl.7754 an aggressor that is looking to disrupt and despair western geopolitical economic advantages as well as our democratic systems of governance out of economic strife, political tension and oligarchic corruption in their own countries. Nonetheless, we are also led by idiotic presidents elected by giant masses of poorly educated idiots, and corrupting lobbyist influences in Congress, so there's that. So what's left? Ehh...well then, God save the queen, I guess cause at this rate we may get royally corkscrewed

[@cybertrk]

@@johnl.7754 so war by proxy.. how about no thanks.

[@r4ym1n13]

@@johnl.7754 Iraq, Afghanistan, Syria, Lybia, Yemen, Iran ??? The USA has wasted trillions on it's war rampage invasions

[@kayt9576]

HINT HINT, STOP ADVANCING WAR IN OTHER COUNTRIES, TRY CARING ABOUT OUR SENIORS AND DISABLED, STOP KEEPING US IN POVERTY. OUR CITIZENS DESERVE CONGRESS TO CARE ABOUT US.

[@frodobaggins9474]

Start doing it then, it's not govt. will do for you.

[@smileyr]

The second we stop worrying about war in other countries, their will be a nuke in your backyard. You want that ?

[@Cola_Dulz]

I'm surprised by comments that we need to cut military budget, after what happened to Ukraine. Of course these money could better spent on health and education but if you don't have weapons there is always gonna be someone who will take those things away, as russians do.

[@switch12345678]

Either way, the Russians will win because the West is throwing weapons into the country indiscriminately while half of them are destroyed before they are used. Typical left do-gooder thinking.

[@jairosoto2740]

"There's enough money to go around" Now there is. But none for Healthcare, housing, food assistance, vet assistance

[@smileyr]

@10 million I agree. No one is responsible for my well being other than myself .

[@hjackson830]

Doesn't the US spend more than anyone on healthcare? The US spends 18 percent of its GDP on healthcare, mostly thru government programs like Medicare, Biden's recent Obamacare subsidy expansion package, and the Department of Veteran's Affairs. By comparison, the US only spends less than 4 percent of its GDP on its military.

[@chickenfishhybrid44]

Yeah sure, there's "none" for healthcare, food and housing. Now actually look at what is spent on food stamps and related programs, Medicaid, rent assistance etc. Hint, it's alot more than the miltary budget

[@goozebump]

@@smileyr the same with Ukraine. Tell that to the US government

[@Ryanowning]

@@chickenfishhybrid44 It's because Russian bots taught them to kneejerk hate on the US military whenever budget is discussed. That's why they can't reason properly regarding the price.

[@kineticstar]

If we want to hold off china and keep Russia in check while defending ourself then we need to spend, but I think we need to expand oversight to curb the excess pork.

[@HTV-2_Hypersonic_Glide_Vehicle]

Bingo

[@pix_elpimp2772]

I guess outsourcing everything to foreign countries was dumb. Invest in your own nation.

[@Whoareyoucalling]

I like how the us government is allowed to keep printing money with next to no consequences.

[@smileyr]

When your the worlds most powerful country whoses going to stop you?

[@Whoareyoucalling]

@@smileyr its not a matter of whose more powerful or not. Endlessly printing money has only shown to cause that countries economic collapse. Look at germany in ww2, their mark was so worthless it was used as wallpaper.

[@pieceofshitzu2]

they arent really just 'printing money', they are just taking it from other programs because the defense budget is worth more than the actual citizen population

[@animesh_tiwary]

@@smileyr *Most powerful currency.

[@jon-unicorn-doxxer]

because the US dollar is defacto world currency...

[@fangtian3391]

前排的评论看得出天天到处挑事儿，回头说自己如何受威胁，被害妄想症病入膏肓+武器集团阴谋

[@ronblack7870]

i have lost employees to moog to work on aerospace stuff. servo valves for military jets. one guy told me he gets paid full time but only works a couple days a week. and makes 80k / yr here in buffalo which is big money here for blue collar manufacturing .cost of living here is low . a great new house is 250k

[@gheorghefalcaru]

WHY DOES THE LADY LAUGH WHEN SHE TALKS ABOUT LIFE AND DEATH? RUDE! THE PENTAGON KNOWS WHAT THEY ARE DOING! DON'T BE SO IMPORTANT LADY!

[@jtb3797]

Subsidize work in military manufacturing and watch the workers flock back

[@QwkDraw]

NOT PROBLEM! Just dip into the Nations Emergency Armament Reserves . . . just like you did with the nations oil reserves. Eazy Breezy. What's the problem? Let's give away any and all our oil and armament to any country who may need it! We'll get by . . . somehow! "Russia MUST be crushed at any and ALL costs. We are with Ukraine until the end"! 😫What will 'response time' be when Taiwan calls 911?

[@DoNotBeSheep4217]

This USA has to work closely with its allies to research, develop, and manufacture missiles and counter missile systems - Europe, Japan, Taiwan, Philippines, Australia, and India. There is no way the USA can supply the world with armaments and defend itself. USA and its allies can defend themselves from China in two ways - spend trillions of dollars on new weapon systems OR cut-off China from it's cashflow. All of the money China uses to build its military comes from Western democracies. Which solution is faster. It will take a decade to coordinate, research, test and manufacture counter missile systems. The cashflow could be turned off tomorrow. Do both!

[@hermannvogel4499]

From the 3 super power countries in the world: USA, China and Russia is China far above the other 2 countries the best country. I am 100% white Dutch, born and living in the Netherlands. So I am not a "China Bot" or "Social credits", etc. If you have freedom of opinion, than this is my freedom of opinion, no matter if you like it or n. China is the most stable country in the world, had the best economy, controls the Covid the best, does not invade and bomb other countries like USA and Russia; does not steel from other countries like USA stealing oil from Syria, does not do terrorism on other countries like USA bombing the North Stream line (a destruction of 200 billion dollars investment in order to force Europe to buy heavily overpriced LNG gas from them; respects governments in other countries (China do not invade or bomb other countries, because the local government is to their personal standard) China helps other countries a lot like Afghanistan (the only donating country in the world at this moment) and to Pakistan. USA invaded and occupied Afghanistan for 25 years and for no reason and no result. China invests a lot in schools, hospitals and infrastructure in Africa and Europe. China invest a lot in Infrastructure in his own country: 10.000 mils freeways/motorway, a network in high speed trains, efficient airports. Compare this with Russia and USA (those countries invested almost nothing in infrastructure the last 10 years. China does not deliver weapons to Russia or Ukraine (which make te war worser and worser) nd does not force other countries to donate weapons like USA do the European countries. China does not sanction other countries, like USA do to European countries if their European slave countries do not obey dictator country USA. China is very advanced in IT (5G is a Chinese product); China is also advanced in pharmacy, helped lots of countries without conditions with Covid masks, medical supply and even medical staff like to Italy, Iran and Servia. 90% of the people are very satisfied with their government (compare in USA is only 35% satisfied with Biden administration (results from Harvard university investigation). China is the best, the most sincere, the most helpful, most peace loving country in the world. We all should learn from China.

[@philandrawis6232]

its just over inflated paper value meaning that you don't buy much for your dollar an example is the NLAW - costs about 38,000 and maybe 1000 more to ship to Ukraine - whether it came from Sweeden or the UK it does not differ much from the US equivalent price tag is 129,000 + 5000 to ship mostly because our defense suppliers (free economy thieves ) want to make a tone of money ---- this is one small example multiply this by several thousand examples and you are in the billions ---- the US has nothing but over inflated prices --- then you have the retired officers pensions that is almost 1/2 the budget - this is their pensions - their clubs their medical health facilities all the way to their burial grounds it is more than the military budgets of several nations grouped together you may say that it makes economic sense as it will generate millions of jobs and employ people by the millions as it trickles down --- so is it good or is bad go figure it ?????????? just feel sorry for the Taxpayer because he has to pay for it all ?????????

[@danielcole1981]

Despite the economic downturn, I'm having the best time of my life financially. Earning over $83k in the last 2months with an investment of $19,000. Money can be made even in a bear market. Make the most of it.

[@raymondfelix6539]

I'm 37 and have been looking for ways to be successful, please how??

[@rakshit8570]

By Watching this that Us is facing this problem and I am depressed for my country.

[@TruRepublican]

The American warfighters are going to be the greatest beneficiaries of this spending.

[@thisismarkbro]

redhead is smart and looks nice

[@YorktownUSA]

Ask the Chinese. We shipped them all our manufacturing.

[@lil----lil]

Eliminate all the incredible waste and inefficiencies. Far too many fat cats in the chain of command. Free tax payer money that's WHY!

[@Slimjimmagoo]

Why are we putting so many woman in strategy positions men and me and even my son gravitate towards strategy from a toddler it comes natural but we have to push woman into these spots for equality or be the first woman to do it. It will be the downfall of America the US military was the last meritocracy left here now based on your genitalia and skin color not how well you do your job or lead your men.

[@chiquita683]

Defense industry needs more souls to be sacrificed. Shortage of war is angering the gods

[@jholmes4355]

Why would the gods be mad when we just got out of a 20yr war? Second..there doesn't need to be a war for the "gods" to get paid. We get paid simply because you're all scared of each and other and can't get along. Stop blaming us for your poor social skills.

[@Ryanowning]

Wow, even more people who are rooting for Putin in Ukraine just because Russian bots convinced them that the US military industrial complex is evil.

[@hyphydan]

Yeah, send even more jobs over seas , sounds great

[@FrodeBergetonNilsen]

The music is sooo distracting and irritating. Ruins this piece for me. What were you thinking?

[@mamaysgarden9728]

War is business

[@asus3max301]

More money to pay tax democracy of America!!! more tax to people...

[@tifon_502]

What's the biggest export of US? Weapons.

[@harrymu148]

open new defense contractors. break the monopoly

[@chrisaguilera1564]

US Military: How much is it? Contractor: Yes US Military: We'll take it.

[@Ryanowning]

Meanwhile the majority of weapons proposals are denied based on price.

[@brillantcruz625]

U.s is a Soldier of IMF so nothing Worry

[@mikerock8177]

Boots and food are definitely crap in the military

[@lynnsautner7706]

Building weapons is a great thing...

[@Kenneth_James]

Bullsh*t. Put Elon in charge.

[@auro1986]

how cnbc's economists with nobel prizes couldn't divert supply to military during coronavirus pandemic hay days in 2020?

[@BilTheGalacticHero]

The United States might spend more on defense than the next nine largest spenders but the cost of building things is higher than in Russia or China so it's not an apples to apples comparison.

[@visibility2326]

Routers giving their seeeling ads

[@slippy6858]

Send people that use pronouns 😂

[@oregonsbragia]

He just said that, if we want to buy something on Amazon, then we are gonna need to spend more on the war machine? 😮

[@calvingao1987]

We should outsource military manufacturing to China.😂

[@farhanniloy7552]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@redslate]

We already do for some of it.

[@danawhitesneckfat1706]

Us military can't even meet it's recruiting quota lol

[@michaelzuniga3008]

Because of 2 moms duhhh

[@Ryanowning]

For now. That'll change soon.

[@danawhitesneckfat1706]

@@Ryanowning lmao probably not.

[@redslate]

Neither can Russia

[@online3010]

America should buy their weapons back from the Taliban. Could save a fortune

[@redslate]

It's certainly history repeating itself to a degree.

[@bekicot88]

US warmonger

[@yzzxxvv]

Brave video

[@Der8cho]

Priorities

[@TheMrgoodmanners]

Mind you the military budget was $815bln this yr. Yet we're running out of equipment

[@brandonshane8321]

200,000 man hours per year. The average worker does 2080 hours ish a year. so... like 100 ppl. significant i guess when you talk about like talent of ppl who build freaking nuclear submarines but come one, figure it out!

[@adrianiglesias3428]

Vote gop

[@Kalinga_3]

The video is wrongly titled. It's more about structural problems of US as a production hub in defence sector.

[@justinsane7128]

We gave Ukraine more aid than the entire military budget of Russia...

[@SkywalkerPaul]

And only 30% of it gets to the frontline

[@Kongajinken]

Good, its been worth it as Putin's war is as evil as hitlers.

[@ilt4761]

@@SkywalkerPaul How about the rest of 70%？

[@SkywalkerPaul]

@@ilt4761 some are kept by key figures who wants to be in politics after the war and some is sold on the black market.

[@switch12345678]

@@SkywalkerPaul Most of them were destroyed by the Russians, dude

[@ahmedshahab4105]

Damn redhead smart and hot. I bet she's making a lot of money working for a Washington lobbying or consultancy firm.

[@mikeylau2830]

P

[@johnslugger]

That's OK, TMC is building a chip plant in Arizona which will be open by 2024

[@MikeJones__Who]

Problem is there is so much waste and bloated crap that is in these budgets. There are all these high tech programs that amount to nothing but wasted tax dollars. Zumwalt, littoral combat ships, mag guns, f22, all these expensive ventures that have amounted to jack crap and haven't advanced our defense capabilities at all.

[@Brandon-Ayre]

I love how he can never disappoint us with his content

[@fernie5.0]

Shut up bot

[@brianoleson9224]

cnbc as well as just about every other news network is linked in some form to the white house/goverment criminals every word is pre judged and approved not by the company such as cnbc but the higher Archy of this country you may not be disappointed but this content is here for the medias/goverment gain and yours you can be sure a hefty amount of it is lies

[@srreventon]

What a shame.. all the millions spent and they did not order enoigh C17 military planes... (my families business went under in early 90s In the 90s a small latin american country was trying to add equipment to their troops. 100 tanks 20 helicopters 10,000 grenades 5,000 land mines 140mm mortal launchers and troop carriers... just a tiny FLEA compare to huge countries equioment

[@Phoneixghost]

You need himars javelins m777 these are the weapons which turned the tide of war in Ukraine

[@ricecakeboii94]

We should have the same conversation about our education department. I don’t believe they’re spending right.

[@redslate]

Well, yeah... Most of it goes towards sportsball.

[@bbb345sddf]

This author is misinformed because I work in defense in sales selling electronic circuit boards used in just about every drone, aircraft and missile to include the new nuclear missiles and we are have a record year in sales and shipments.

[@Unknown-sh8kw]

Who is attacking USA ??

[@qwertyqwerty-zi6dr]

If Usa can t sustain its hegenomy,be ready for China s hegemony, u will understand this too late to do something

[@Blumack21]

BRING PRODUCTION TO AUSTRALIA. TRAIN, EMPLOYEES, BUILD INDUSTRIAL CAPACITY AND STRENGTHEN TIES.

[@mm-dx5pl]

They could ask back all the weapons they give to talibans 🙃

[@jevgenijliogkij7849]

Wooow guys come on in 2020-2022 medical companies made a lot of money, not let military companies make some money 😅

[@justwatchingnews.9733]

the man power to build the's things are down due to you all want trained workers who already have training that kinda of training coast money you be better off offering training for free and then you can have trained work force who can build the's subs and other items you need a lot of people dont have the training needed or the money to get the training needed to build the's items you want. paying to train new workers helps you in the long run.

[@mikeylau2830]

What about clean water for all not getting soaked by rain

[@davidpendleton4464]

This is just such a clear reminder of how important it is to constantly be at War. The US is military industrial complex can't function properly without its vital supply of foreign conflicts

[@1106gary]

One problem with government contracts is that to get approved by Congress there has to be a bit of the money spent in the areas of as many Senators and Representatives as possible.

[@instinctghostyt2567]

The HIMARS name is Henry🤣🤣

[@mchammer3927]

OMG $800 dollars for toilet seat

[@tomasfernandomanuensa1071]

A enteligencia obriga,que tenha boa sorte,com oteu trabalho e sacrificio

[@mikeylau2830]

Why projectile as power 😭

[@maxwalker1159]

!

[@Tonis197]

julia mad pretty

[@johnbee7729]

'Through the award of non-competitive contracts'. That phrase should send chills through every tax payer. No wonder its a bi-partisan committee doing this - all political sides benefit from kickbacks when non-competitive contracts are issued. Sad.

[@Ryanowning]

No, it's because the mass of contracts being issued. They can't be competitive when there are more contracts than factories.

[@nomore-constipation]

I hope her response at 5:11 is reviewed when another country passes the United States and puts pressure on them. See how it works out for her when she's scratching for heat during the winter or food throughout the year. Hell if another superpower takes over international trade might look increasingly different. But it's nice to make comments from the cheap seats.

[@geridamas935]

Yes, more money for the military industrial complex.

[@Redkoolaid402]

julia is fooooine!!!