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• Sandra Erwin
CSIS: U.S. solid rocket motor output rising, but bottleneck persists for Pentagon missile-defense demand
A CSIS report says U.S. production of solid rocket motors is increasing, but growth is not fast enough to satisfy the Pentagon’s missile-defense program requirements. The study flags solid rocket motors as an enduring bottleneck across the U.S. industrial base, constraining scaling for defense interceptors.
