"When it comes to a potential future conflict, especially with China, the U.S. may be on its back foot, claim experts at the intersection of AI and defense. Speaking at the Fortune Brainstorm AI conference in San Francisco last week, Tara Murphy Dougherty, the CEO of defense software company Govini, said that in a conflict with China the U.S. could run out of some munitions in seven days, while China could potentially hold out longer."
"They are planning for a very protracted conflict, and would be happy to draw that fight out to bleed American stockpiles dry, because they aren't missing the economic piece of this puzzle, Dougherty said. This possibility should be troubling to the U.S., and yet there is no easy fix, explained Dougherty. The U.S. stockpile of munitions and other war time resources are held up by various obstacles established over years, she said."
In a conflict over the Taiwan Strait, U.S. inventories of some munitions could run out within about seven days, while China could sustain a longer campaign. China appears prepared for a protracted fight that could deplete American stockpiles over time. U.S. wartime stockpiles are constrained by low inventories and extensive outsourcing of manufacturing, making replenishment and weapons production slow. Certain long-range and precision-guided munitions are especially vulnerable to rapid consumption. The United States maintains the world's second-largest nuclear arsenal behind Russia, and recent conflicts have underscored the need for faster wartime mobilization.
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