America Is Armed for Today - Will It Be Ready for Tomorrow?

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WASHINGTON – The war with Iran has demonstrated the extraordinary firepower of the U.S. military, but it's also exposed a problem years in the making. After decades of buying some of America's most advanced weapons in relatively small numbers, those stockpiles and the industrial base that replaces them, are now being put to the test. The U.S. military has the weapons it needs to fight today. But U.S. operations, especially the last six months spent in Iran, have significantly depleted critical stockpiles. "I think the United States confronts a serious munitions crisis. Politicians on both sides of various debates are trying to make more or less of it, but you know, where I come from at a nonpartisan think tank, I try to focus on the truth. And the truth is the United States confronts a genuine munitions crisis. Full stop," said Bradley Bowman, who heads up the Foundation for Defense of Democracies Center on Military and Political Power. Read the full story from CBN's Caitlin Burke:

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