Whether US munitions expansion can outlast an election cycle

Will the United States sustain higher munitions production or let the issue fade?

Expansion is already underway and has bipartisan support, but its permanence depends on future Congresses maintaining demand after the midterms.

American ammunition output was already rising rather than existing only as a talking point. Investment in arsenals and production lines had avoided much of the partisan conflict surrounding other defence programmes, helped by the geographic spread of factories and contractors. Whether the expansion becomes structural depends on later Congresses continuing orders long enough for industry to invest with confidence.