If the United States’ defense industrial base can’t compete with its foreign competitors, then the United States will lose a significant national security advantage, the ranking member of the House Armed Services Committee (HASC) said yesterday. Rep. Adam Smith (D-Wash.) said the United States for decades had a national security advantage because its defense industrial base had the best and brightest companies producing world-leading technology and equipment. But Smith said a confluence of events, including years of strict export control…
Declining Domestic Industrial Base Will Hurt U.S. National Security Advantage, Smith Says
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