The First 36 Hours of War Consumed Over 3,000 U.S.-Israeli Munitions

Macdonald Amoah, Payne Institute Director Morgan Bazilian, and Fellow Jahara Matisek write about how replenishing stockpiles depends on vulnerable critical mineral chains.  The expended munitions, and the minerals required to build them, are a defense-industrial problem for the West, and especially the United States.  March 5, 2026.