Could modular manufacturing solve US weapons stockpile woes?

The U.S. is facing a reckoning with its ability to manufacture enough weapons to fight a well-stocked, near-peer adversary while also continually modernizing its arsenal. For all the talk about “magazine depth,” and individual efforts with specific munitions, experts say the problem can’t be tackled without a major shift in how weapons are developed and manufactured overall.Modular weapons—made of easily sourced materials with manufacturing standards that commercial facto