The U.S. Defense Industrial Base Is Not Prepared for a Possible Conflict with China

Seth G. Jones. CSIS.

https://features.csis.org/preparing-the-US-industrial-base-to-deter-conflict-with-China/

Affordable Mass: The Need for a
Cost-Effective PGM Mix for Great
Power Conflict

Mark A. Aunzinger. 2021 11. Mitchell Institute.

https://mitchellaerospacepower.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Affordable_Mass_Policy_Paper_31-FINAL.pdf

Ukraine War Shows the US Military Isn’t Ready for War With China

Hal Brands. 2022 9 18. AEI.

Ukraine War Shows the US Military Isn’t Ready for War With China

Long Wars and Industrial Mobilization: It Won’t Be World War II Again

Mark Cancian. 2017 8 8. War on the Rocks.

Long Wars and Industrial Mobilization: It Won’t Be World War II Again

Eisenhower Meets Trump: A New Defense Industrial Base Strategy

Stephen Rodriguez. 2017 8 1. War on the Rocks.

Eisenhower Meets Trump: A New Defense Industrial Base Strategy

US War Surge Production Too Slow, CSIS Finds

Mark Cancian and Adam Saxton. 2021 1 19. Breaking Defense.

https://breakingdefense.com/2021/01/us-war-surge-production-too-slow-csis-finds/

Industrial Mobilization

Mark F. Cancian. 2020 12. CSIS.

https://csis-website-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/s3fs-public/publication/210108_Cancian_Industrial_Mobilization.pdf

Four steps the Pentagon can take to fix the munitions industrial base

John Ferrari. 2022 10 17. The Hill.

Four steps the Pentagon can take to fix the munitions industrial base

Here are the biggest weaknesses in America’s defense sector

Aaron Mehta. 2019 6 27. DefenseNews.

https://www.defensenews.com/pentagon/2019/06/27/here-are-the-biggest-weaknesses-in-americas-defense-sector/

The War in Ukraine Continues; Can the U.S. Defense-Industrial Base Keep Up?

Maiya Clark and Jacob Montoya. 2022 5 5. Heritage.

https://www.heritage.org/defense/commentary/the-war-ukraine-continues-can-the-us-defense-industrial-base-keep

US is running low on some weapons and ammunition to transfer to Ukraine

Jim Sciutto et al. 2022 11 17. CNN.

https://www.cnn.com/2022/11/17/politics/us-weapon-stocks-ukraine/index.html

EMPTY BINS IN A
WARTIME ENVIRONMENT

Seth G. Jones. 2023 1. CSIS.

https://csis-website-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/s3fs-public/2023-01/230119_Jones_Empty_Bins.pdf?VersionId=mW3OOngwul8V2nR2EHKBYxkpiOzMiS88

How arming Ukraine is stretching the US defence industry

Steff Chavez et al. 2023 1 30. Financial Times.

https://ig.ft.com/us-defence-industry/

Pentagon Sends U.S. Arms Stored in Israel to Ukraine

Eric Shmitt et al. 2023 1 17. NY Times.

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/17/us/politics/ukraine-israel-weapons.html

Lessons for China’s Defense Industry

Tai Ming Cheung. 2023 1 5. Foreign Policy.

Lessons for the Next War

In race to arm Ukraine, U.S. faces cracks in its manufacturing might

Missy Ryan. 2023 3 9. The Washington Post.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/race-arm-ukraine-u-faces-203940262.html

Vital Signs 2023: Posturing the U.S. Defense Industrial Base for Great Power Competition

Jennifer Stewart et al. 2023. National Defense Industrial Association.

https://www.ndia.org/-/media/vital-signs/2023/ndia_vitalsigns2023_final_v3.pdf?download=1?download=1

This chart explains why the US is running low on missiles

Tim Fernholz. 2023 1 3. Quartz.

https://qz.com/this-chart-explains-why-the-us-is-running-low-on-missil-1849945208

America needs to grow its capacity to produce weapons. Here’s four steps to do it.

Jerry Mcginn. 2023 3 17. Breaking Defense.

https://breakingdefense.com/2023/03/america-needs-to-grow-its-capacity-to-produces-weapons-heres-four-steps-to-do-it/