Trump To Meet Defense Executives As White House Pushes Major Weapons Production Surge

Trump To Meet Defense Executives As White House Pushes Major Weapons Production Surge

by Emmitt Barry, Worthy News Washington D.C. Bureau Chief (Worthy News) – President Donald Trump is expected to meet Thursday at the White House with senior executives from major U.S. defense companies as his administration seeks to accelerate weapons production following the war with Iran and other conflicts that have strained Pentagon stockpiles. The meeting comes amid growing concern in Washington over depleted inventories of air-defense syst…

U.S. Military’s Weapons Shortage Shows Few Signs of Easing Soon

President Trump and senior Pentagon officials sought to solve the country’s munitions shortage by approaching the problem from two directions in meetings this week. They urged defense companies to speed up production of depleted weapons systems. And they pushed lawmakers to approve additional money to pay for the war against Iran, which helped to deplete munitions. It is likely to be an uphill battle. In a meeting at the White House on Wednesday…

Trump Meets US Weapon Makers To Push For Stockpile Expansion

U.S. President Donald Trump met with arms and munitions makers at the White House on Wednesday as his administration pushes to expand weapons production after military operations in Iran and other conflicts drew down the U.S. stockpile. The United States has supplied large quantities of weapons to allies while also using munitions in its own […] The post Trump Meets US Weapon Makers To Push For Stockpile Expansion appeared first on StratNews Glo…