Opinion | No Matter How Long the Ukraine War Lasts, Weapons Makers Plan to Cash In

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Opinion | No Matter How Long the Ukraine War Lasts, Weapons Makers Plan to Cash In
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'A new proposal would slash protections against price gouging and ratchet up weapons production well past Kyiv's needs.'

As Russia's attack on Ukraine drags on, the world is dealing with a lot of uncertainty. At every stage, predictions about the war have done poorly when met with the cold, hard reality of modern conflict. But one thing has been certain from the start: the U.S. defense industry is going to cash in.

A recent example of this came last week when Sens. Jack Reed and Jim Inhofe proposed a new amendment to this year's National Defense Authorization Act. The proposal wouldthe Department of Defense wartime powers that would free it to buy huge amounts of artillery and other munitions using multi-year contracts, according to Defense News.

As an unnamed congressional aide told Defense News, the move would allow contractors to produce far more than Ukraine needs. Instead, we're buying for a two-front war."It's hard to think of something as high on everybody's list as buying a ton of munitions for the next few years, for our operational plans against China and continuing to supply Ukraine," the source said.

"It's part of the larger push to exploit the war in Ukraine to jack up Pentagon spending for things that have nothing to do with defending Ukraine, or any likely future scenario," Hartung said.

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