Operation Warp Speed Helped Spur ‘Manufacturing Miracle’ in US

US President Donald Trump holds a press conference, flanked by Army Gen. Gustave Perna (L), who is leading Operation Warp Speed, and Dr. Moncef Slaoui (R), chief adviser to Operation Warp Speed, in the Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House on Sept. 18, 2020. SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images

WASHINGTON—Operation Warp Speed, which was forged by the Trump administration to ramp up the development, production, and distribution of COVID-19 vaccines, resembles the U.S. industrial mobilization effort during World War II, according to experts.

Because of the partnership between the government, military, and private sector, the vaccines were delivered within a seemingly impossible timeline.