The nature of our capitalist system is such that the budgetary dimensions of deterrence matter. Buying certain kinds of weapons can be cost prohibitive. A defense industrial revival must be made to be a good investment, not just good security policy. Just as it was a bipartisan policy choice to deindustrialize and erode our defenses, it is no less of a conscious decision by policymakers today to buy different kinds of weapons in a different fashion…

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