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President Donald Trump's sweeping defense budget request, combined with a pressing need to replenish depleted weapons stockpiles and accelerate hypersonic missile development, has set off an interstate competition for defense contracts and the manufacturing jobs that follow.
The scramble illustrates how Washington's spending priorities translate almost immediately into regional economic stakes — and into positioning decisions for industries tied to the defense industrial base.
A Depleted Arsenal Meets a Landmark Budget Request The catalyst is twofold. Trump's budget proposal is described as massive, and the U.S.
military's existing inventory has been drawn down to a point that demands urgent resupply.
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