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2023 Defense Budget Authorizes DoD To Stock-Up On Artillery, Missiles

December 08 2022

USA

The new National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal 2023 includes provisions to help replenish the Pentagon’s stockpile of artillery shells and missiles, reports the Defence Blog.

Under the defense bill released this week, the Pentagon is permitted to begin buying and using multiyear contracts to procure 1,700 Army Tactical Missile System (ATACMS) short-range ballistic missiles and 700 High-Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) launchers.

The move comes as Western munition...

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