The Pentagon needs to relocate the manufacturing of all critical components to the United States. That’s what Secretary of War Pete Hegseth said in a Sept. 30 speech in Quantico, Virginia.
“The moment requires restoring and refocusing our defense industrial base, our shipbuilding industry, and onshoring all critical components,” said Hegseth.
Rebuilding what Hegseth calls the “arsenal of freedom” comes hand-in-hand with ensuring the United States’ industrial base is no longer reliant on China, other hostile actors, and vulnerable supply chains.
‘Deterrence Fails When Delivery Slips’
“Deterrence fails when delivery slips,” Steve Aberle, CEO of Rohirrim, a Washington-based company that makes procurement software for the aerospace and defense industry, told The Epoch Times. “What we intend to do is make delivery the default for America and its allies.”…
How the US Defense Industry Is Removing China From the Supply Chain
