The White House said that it wants the Pentagon to ramp up production of munitions in a bid to offset potential national security concerns due to supply chain bottlenecks, coming days after the Trump administration announced an agreement to end the war with Iran earlier this week.
A presidential determination said “conditions exist” in the U.S. military’s munitions industrial base that could create a threat to national defense preparedness, saying the Department of War should increase weapons and munitions production.
