Department of War -Pentagon Plans to Double or Quadruple Missile Production

….And a prediction for tomorrow’s big meeting at the end of this report

Original source is Wall Street Journal- behind the paywall- Below are two other sources for this news Investing.com and Newsweek

Thinking everyone is aware the the Trump administration renamed the DoD to the DoW- Department of War

By Matthew Olay Department of War

President Donald J. Trump signed an executive order on Sept. 5 changing the Defense Department’s name to the Department of War as a secondary title. 

The order — the 200th signed by the president since taking office — authorizes Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and DOD subordinate officials to use secondary titles like “Department of War,” “Secretary of War” and “Deputy Secretary of War” in public communications, official correspondence, ceremonial contexts and non-statutory documents within the executive branch, according to a fact sheet released by the White House.

Coinciding with the name change

Investing.com –– U.S. defense stocks have rallied Monday premarket after the Wall Street Journal reported that the Pentagon has outlined an aggressive push to expand missile production, a move aimed at preparing for potential conflict with China.

The WSJ reported that military leaders are urging contractors to double or even quadruple the output of 12 critical weapons systems, including Patriot interceptors, Long Range Anti-Ship Missiles, the Standard Missile-6 and Precision Strike Missiles.

Deputy Defense Secretary Steve Feinberg is said to be taking a direct role through the Pentagon’s new Munitions Acceleration Council, holding weekly calls with executives to monitor progress, said the WSJ.

Shares in defense stock rose on the news: RTX has gained 2.5 percent, Lockheed Martin is up 2.3 percent, Northrop Grumman has added 0.9 percent, Boeing has risen 1.6% and L3 Harris has climbed 1 percent in premarket trading.

The drive follows concerns over depleted missile stockpiles after Russia’s war in Ukraine and the more recent conflict between Israel and Iran, which saw the U.S. fire hundreds of high-end interceptors.

The Pentagon wants to secure capacity for nearly 2,000 PAC-3 missiles from fiscal year 2024 to 2026, almost four times the current rate, said the WSJ.

Defense firms have reportedly begun expanding capacity. Boeing recently completed a 35,000-square-foot factory expansion for Patriot seekers, while Northrop Grumman has invested more than $1 billion to boost rocket motor output, according to the WSJ.

Still, there are some people questioning whether the Pentagon’s goals are achievable without significantly more funding.

Without more money and contracts, some people involved in the effort are said to have told the WSJ that the government’s targets aren’t realistic.

Newsweek

What To Know

One high-level meeting in June was attended by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and General Dan Caine, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, according to the report.

"President Trump and Secretary Hegseth are exploring extraordinary avenues to expand our military might and accelerate the production of munitions," Sean Parnell, the Pentagon’s chief spokesperson, told the newspaper. "This effort has been a collaboration between defense industry leaders and senior Pentagon officials."

Prediction for Tuesday’s meeting

The big meeting scheduled for tomorrow will signal the official for public consumption shift away from Ukraine/Russia and towards Asia- Specifically China, using Taiwan as the justification for attacking. It seems to me that the “revolution” in Nepal was one facet of this campaign of destabilization, destruction aimed at China. Another is Kashmir, with Pakistan lending a hand. And of course there the always useful Taiwan angle. Surely there are other locales I’ve failed to mention so feel free to leave your suggestions, thoughts or concerns

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The US will continue to be covertly involved in Ukraine- Only the optics will change

Optics (typically in a political context) the way in which an event or course of action is perceived by the public.