Munitions production needs continuous orders and enough factories to survive attack

The munitions chapter draws lessons from Ukraine about maintaining inventories, replenishing stocks quickly, and combining high-end weapons with simpler systems. Six proposed factories would expand energetic-material capacity, but a small number of sites would remain vulnerable to enemy attack. The discussion calls for more production sites because wartime industry itself becomes a target. The plan also seeks continuous production of named missile systems. Restarting Sting Ray torpedo production would support Norway and other export partners, while bringing sonobuoy production into Britain addresses another requirement of anti-submarine operations.