The Invisible Base How Operation Epic Fury Reveals the U.S. Defense Industrial Base’s True Fragility Policy Brief • March 10, 2026By: Michael Morford What Secretary Hegseth Got Right—and Missed—in His Call for Acquisition Reform The United States cannot rapidly surge weapons production without visibility into the lower tiers of its defense supply chain. While policymakers […]
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The Invisible Base:
How Operation Epic Fury Reveals U.S. Defense Industrial Base’s True Fragility
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By: Michael Morford Download PDF Strategic Lessons from Operation Epic Fury for U.S. Defense Production, Allied Integration, and Post-Conflict Reconstruction A Policy Analysis By Michael Morford February 28, 2026 Executive Summary On February 28, 2026, the United States and Israel launched Operation Epic Fury, a joint military campaign against Iran with the stated objective of
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