Private Capital: Refilling America's Empty Defense Shelves with Investment
The Pentagon faces a paradoxical challenge: despite commanding the world’s largest defense budget, American military shelves sit dangerously empty. When allies like Ukraine or Israel require urgent military support, the U. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth’s recent acquisition-reform agenda addresses this systemic failure by proposing an unconventional solution: leverage America’s unmatched private capital markets to finance military equipment production and stockpiling.