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Sparking U.S. Defense Industrial Base to Meet Ukraine Defense Is Key Challenge, J-4 Says

Sparking U.S. Defense Industrial Base to Meet Ukraine Defense Is Key Challenge, J-4 Says
A loadmaster assigned to the 14th Airlift Squadron works with fellow airmen to load Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System munitions for Ukraine aboard a C-17 Globemaster III at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., on Aug. 13, 2022 (U.S. Air Force Photo)

Sparking the U.S. industrial base to churn out equipment for Ukraine is the key challenge in helping that nation defeat Russia, U.S. Air Force Lt. Gen. Leonard Kosinski, the Joint Staff's director for logistics (J-4), said on Feb. 28. "Beside the word Ukraine, in my 18 months in my current position, the other words I've heard the most are 'defense industrial base' to be able to do that,'" he told a Hudson Institute forum on the conflict. "With Russia, you…

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