A $469 million General Dynamics plant in Mesquite, Texas, opened in May 2024, has failed to produce any 155mm projectile parts due to untested machinery and design flaws.
Productive capacity is only partly how much physical stuff is lying around for assembly and quite a lot the ability to organize the logistics of assembly of all those components and the supply lines each component has, and so on and so forth. The USA basically lacks the ability to engage in this large scale organization at this point. Like, it’s going to cost them billions and take years to rebuild a bridge in Baltimore that China could salvage and erect in a couple of months.
50 year old missiles are outdated, 20 year old missiles are not. Any missile that is currently produced is not outdated. These missiles are used to protect israhell, they would not use anything but most expensive ones to do so. Outdated missiles are usually sent to Ukraine. Even if they were outdated, they are not garbage to be thrown away
If I view this with my darkest doomer glasses, couldn’t this just be a way to clear out space in their warehouses for newer upgraded missiles?
With what productive capacity?
even our ghouls were never stupid enough to offshore military production
They were stupid enough to privatize it, though. All the investment in “new” capacity tends to just be scams.
I really hope so.
An example
https://www.forbes.com/sites/petersuciu/2026/07/24/us-army-has-failed-to-replenish-stockpiles-of-155mm-artillery-rounds/
If the peak of current military prowess is sticking bombs to toy planes, how much productive capacity do you really need?
Productive capacity is only partly how much physical stuff is lying around for assembly and quite a lot the ability to organize the logistics of assembly of all those components and the supply lines each component has, and so on and so forth. The USA basically lacks the ability to engage in this large scale organization at this point. Like, it’s going to cost them billions and take years to rebuild a bridge in Baltimore that China could salvage and erect in a couple of months.
50 year old missiles are outdated, 20 year old missiles are not. Any missile that is currently produced is not outdated. These missiles are used to protect israhell, they would not use anything but most expensive ones to do so. Outdated missiles are usually sent to Ukraine. Even if they were outdated, they are not garbage to be thrown away