The US defense industry has begun prioritizing the production of cheaper and faster-to-manufacture missiles, drawing on experience gained from the war in Ukraine. This was reported by the influential publication "Financial Times".
According to the publication, several American companies are already producing missiles using standard components widely available in the commercial market, instead of complex and expensive military components. The goal is to reduce production costs and be able to assemble thousands of missiles in a short time when needed.
To achieve this, special production facilities based on a modular principle are being created in the US. Such enterprises can be quickly deployed in various regions and scale up production in a short period.
This concept is dubbed the "McDonald's model" in the missile industry. The main goal is to standardize and simplify the product as much as possible, and to mass-produce it quickly.
According to experts, the war in Ukraine has shown that in modern warfare, not only high-tech and expensive weapons, but also a large number of cheap and quickly produced missiles can play a decisive role.
The new approach is expected to enable the US military to replenish ammunition stockpiles more quickly and increase production capacity during potential conflicts.