They are able to build what they have been contractually obligated to build, but they do not plan for surge capacity which means new facilities would need to be either built or converted to accommodate it. Going to large scale near peer conflicts like China or Russia necessitate huge surges in war materials that the US hasn’t had to plan for in almost 80 years. It’s just not going to happen without a huge nationalization effort of damn near the entire supply chain AND a huge investment into new facilities.
They are able to build what they have been contractually obligated to build, but they do not plan for surge capacity which means new facilities would need to be either built or converted to accommodate it. Going to large scale near peer conflicts like China or Russia necessitate huge surges in war materials that the US hasn’t had to plan for in almost 80 years. It’s just not going to happen without a huge nationalization effort of damn near the entire supply chain AND a huge investment into new facilities.