"The burn rate is unsustainable: The US fired 850+ Tomahawk cruise missiles in 30 days but purchased only 57 in the FY2026 budget. That is 14.9 years of production consumed in a single month."

Does the author think the US can only make 57 missiles a year?

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lateforwork 13 hours ago | parent [-]

Do you think the US has idle capacity that can be activated at a moment's notice?

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palmotea 12 hours ago | parent [-]

> Do you think the US has idle capacity that can be activated at a moment's notice?

I'm sure some very smart MBA increased profits by eliminating spare capacity or making cuts that would make it much harder to spin up. That's American business culture: focus on this quarter or this year, nothing else matters.

	▲	HoldOnAMinute 12 hours ago \| parent [-]
		We can just buy them off Alibaba