Trump taps Defence Production Act to boost US weapons stockpiles drained by Iran war

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US President Donald Trump has invoked the Defence Production Act to address depleted US weapons stockpiles strained by the conflict in Iran and other areas. Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth is tasked to create plans and agreements to bolster defense capacity amid systemic industrial constraints.

US President Donald Trump invoked the Defence Production Act in an effort to bolster delivery of weapons whose stockpiles critics say have been strained by the war in Iran and other conflicts. The president cited “systemic constraints in the munitions industrial base” in his order for Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth to make “voluntary agreements and plans of action” to address the depleted US defence capacity, according to a memo dated June 11 and posted in the Federal Register. It was not...