In the US, the report of the Office of Industrial Production, It bears the name "Industrial Opportunities". The report states that, that the industrial base, responsible for the sector to create ammunition, It is working with "special exertion". At the same time noted, that the lion's share of production is relatively ammunition “old” samples, since in the past 20 s logistics procurement of munitions the Pentagon has not changed significantly.
The problem identified in the supply of components for a variety of munitions. The report noted, that while in the United States do not realize the possibility of substitution of foreign components on their own, which ultimately leads to additional costs and complexity of logistics. So, noted, that produce some ammunition used by the Chinese electronic components, that "puts the United States in direct dependence on China, given a hypothetical conflict ".
from the report:
The corresponding US segment of the industry is at risk. And the military may soon feel the consequences. The desire of the military department to work within the existing projects, without investing in the creation of new weapons, It leads to loss of design experience. Exposed design system in the missile sector.
noted, that the spending of available ammunition is as American soldiers, that in the near future may be a problem with the security of the US Armed Forces by certain munitions, including missiles and bombs.
provides statistics: for the first quarter 2018 , only in Afghanistan it had been dropped almost 1,2 thousand. ammunition, a record with 2013 of the year. And it's about 2,5 times more than in the first quarter of last year.
In this regard, the Pentagon advised to invest 20 more than a billion dollars for the purchase of ammunition in 2019 year. At the same time noted, that problems may arise with the possibilities of the industrial sector, load which is growing due to the increasing use of the volume of the US Armed Forces ammunition.
