As reports mount that the Iran war has depleted U.S. weapons stocks, a new Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) report lays out a detailed plan for the Pentagon to shift its focus towards the production and use of “precise mass” systems to prepare for possible conflict with China. Michael Horowitz, one of the report’s authors and a CERL Affiliated Faculty Member, also went on CFR’s The President’s Inbox podcast to discuss the report and its ramifications. He notes that the United States’ current focus on “exquisite” weaponry has led to expensive and slow production timelines that leave it unprepared for the demands of modern warfare, and that shifting defense priorities could allow the United States to be more responsive to geopolitical events.

Michael C. Horowitz is Director of Perry World House and Richard Perry Professor at the University of Pennsylvania. He is also a member of CERL’s Affiliated Faculty. Read his bio here.

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