I'm not sure about that particular story, but many similar stories are rooted in a very real issue of maintaining domestic supply chain expertise. While centra

I'm not sure about that particular story, but many similar stories are rooted in a very real issue of maintaining domestic supply chain expertise. While centrally managed economies can just mandate that state-owned factories continue to exist, private markets won't do this. If you don't order tanks and missiles, the factories that make tanks and missiles will cease to exist, and the market will reallocate resources elsewhere.