The article outlines how Pete & Co. are looking to take a chance that the Silicon Valley Startups can produce weapon systems that are "cheaper, quicker and more nimble to the needs of the U.S. fighting force than legacy multibillion-dollar defense contractors."
.."one of the Pentagon’s most urgent needs is munitions. The war with Iran has sharply depleted U.S. stockpiles, with CSIS (Center for the Industrial Base at the Center for Strategic and International Studies) estimating Monday that inventory of Patriot interceptors has fallen from 2,200 before the war to fewer than 827, and THAAD missiles from 452 to fewer than 278.
Russia, Iran, China and North Korea are all watching, as are our allies around the globe. But with a "Stable Genius" on our side, what could possibly go wrong?