Missiles to munitions: Does the US risk running out of key weapons?

On Thursday, the acting United States Navy secretary, Hung Cao, was asked by a Senate committee about $14bn in weapons sales to Taiwan that Congress has approved but that President Donald Trump needs to sign off on. “Right now we’re doing a pause,” said Cao, “in order to make sure we have the munitions we need for Epic Fury – which we have plenty.” Recommended Stories list of 4 items end of list Epic Fury is the name of the US military operation that the Trump administration launched on …