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How Quickly Can the DoD Rebuild and Recast the Munitions Industrial Base?
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Hacker News | Oct 18, 2026 | gmays
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Army and Navy) to 3,203 in FY 2027 (by the Army and Navy); asks for Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) interceptors have climbed 2,216 percent, from 37 in FY 2026 (by the Missile Defense Agency) to 857 in FY 2027 (by the Army); and requests for Tomahawk missiles have surged 1,740 percent, from 57 in FY 2026 (by the Navy) to 1,049 in FY 2027 (by the Navy and Army). Through the Multi-Mission Affordable Capacity Effector program, the Navy plans to request roughly 4,500 hypersonic air-launched cruise missiles through FY 2031.
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