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The U.S. defense industrial base lacks the capacity to deter and win a conflict with the People's Republic of China, is unable to innovate quickly or at scale, and has supply chains vulnerable to Chinese manipulation.
A war game conducted by the Center for Strategic and International Studies simulating a 2026 Chinese invasion of Taiwan projected that the U.S. would lose 10 to 20 combat ships, including two aircraft carriers, and 200 to 400 military aircraft.
In a war game simulation by the Center for Strategic and International Studies, U.S. and Taiwanese forces exhausted their available missiles and ammunition within days.
The U.S. defense industrial base is dependent on China for essential components and materials, including 100% of its gallium imports.
The Chinese Communist Party announced it was banning exports of gallium, antimony, and germanium to the United States.
War game simulations suggest the U.S. would run out of critical munitions in less than one week of a war with China.
In the initial months of its conflict with Russia, Ukraine expended a decade's worth of U.S.-produced tactical weapons.
China currently has a battle fleet of 400 ships.
Anduril is investing billions in private capital to establish large production facilities in Georgia for launch defects, Rhode Island for autonomous maritime vehicles, and Mississippi for solid rocket motors.
Anduril plans to announce the location of a multi-million square foot hyperscale production facility, called Arsenal One, capable of producing tens of thousands of autonomous vehicles and weapons per year.
The time required for the U.S. defense acquisition system to start a program and place it on contract has increased from less than a year in the 1950s to nearly nine years today.
The time from program start to initial operational capability for new U.S. defense systems has increased from four years in the 1950s to between 10 and 20 years today.