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pfitz59

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11. Tariffs impacting manufacturing supply chain?

Reply to SamuelTheThird (Original post)

Mon Mar 2, 2026, 03:43 PM

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I believe part of the problem is a shortage of the bits and pieces that make weapons work. Very little of what the military uses is 100% American made.

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'Paranoid' Pentagon Officials Are Secretly Panicking [View all] SamuelTheThird Monday OP

Senator Mark Kelly and others have the solution to that problem. Permanut Monday #1

Hegserh's Generals would be wis to let the alcholic domestic abuser domestic abuser do the talking gordianot Monday #5

Aren't they getting a $1.5 trillion budget? newdeal2 Monday #2

;-{)..... Goonch Monday #3

Aren't new weapons built every year? dickthegrouch Monday #4

It's a very corrupt system SamuelTheThird Monday #6

Samuel, a lot of money is spent on crony owned outfits and not on needed "nuts and bolts" harumph Monday #15

Planners are right to be worried Deminpenn Monday #7

"BRACs of the 90s" - I had to look that up Alice Kramden Monday #10

Sorry, should have typed that acronym out Deminpenn Monday #13

oh come on, I'm sure Trump and Kegseth are on top of it Skittles Monday #8

I'm Sure They'll Blame Biden modrepub Monday #9

Tariffs impacting manufacturing supply chain? pfitz59 Monday #11

No, most of parts are made in the US, but Deminpenn Monday #14

Pentagon Officials are a little late HighFired49 Monday #12

So, they're not worried about the killing of innocents or an unprovoked and illegal preemptive strike? VegasVet 21 hrs ago #16

Hmmmmmm PuraVidaDreamin 17 hrs ago #17