and NATO has barely recovered a third of the materiel they pissed down the drain in Ukraine. 90% of the proposed industrial expansions meant to address the problem are still in the planning stage. The one new factory that actually got built (a project requiring inputs from 6 different states/countries) is struggling to ramp up production to one bazinga-gadget per month. Northrop-Grumman stock has risen 15% year-over-year for the last 4 years.
and NATO has barely recovered a third of the materiel they pissed down the drain in Ukraine. 90% of the proposed industrial expansions meant to address the problem are still in the planning stage. The one new factory that actually got built (a project requiring inputs from 6 different states/countries) is struggling to ramp up production to one bazinga-gadget per month. Northrop-Grumman stock has risen 15% year-over-year for the last 4 years.
The rest is exactly as you describe.