Lawmakers, Advisers Discuss How to Boost Weapons Production to Counter China

At a Dec. 5 congressional hearing, Rep. John Moolenaar warned the current U.S. arms output wouldn’t deter or win a fight with China.
Lawmakers, Advisers Discuss How to Boost Weapons Production to Counter China
The Virginia-class attack submarine Minnesota (SSN 783) under construction at Huntington Ingalls Newport News Shipbuilding in 2012. Joshua Karsten/U.S. Navy
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Lawmakers, arms industry executives, and policy analysts met on Capitol Hill on Dec. 5 to discuss the U.S. military’s model for acquiring new weapons systems in an era of growing competition with powerful nation-state actors.

The House Select Committee on Strategic Competition with the Chinese Communist Party called the hearing to raise particular concerns about the U.S. military’s ability to keep pace with the People’s Republic of China (PRC).

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Ryan Morgan is a reporter for The Epoch Times focusing on military and foreign affairs.
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