Iran war: Inside Hegseth’s urgent plan to stock the US weapons arsenal

PremiumHome / WorldPranshu VermaWashington Post·30 Jul, 2026 08:09 PM7 mins to readUS Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth. Photo / AFPUS Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth. Photo / AFPThe US Defence Department is betting on Silicon Valley start-ups to replenish stockpiles amid the Iran war. Now the firms must prove they can manufacture at military scale.

In a late-June meeting with more than a dozen of the nation’s top defence technology firms, US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth had

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