October 14, 2022
How War in Ukraine and Taiwan Tensions Caused a Supply Chain Crunch for U.S. Defense Industry
“I don’t think that this necessarily means we’re going to blow the top off of the defense budget,” said Chris Dougherty, a senior fellow at the Center for a New American Security. “It’s probably more about developing an ability to scale and ramp production, when and where it’s needed.”
Watch the full interview from CNBC.
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