Secretary of War Pete Hegseth speaking at the Northeast Indiana Defense Summit at Purdue University Fort Wayne on Nov. 12, 2025. AP Photo/Darron Cummings

Military beat: Trump’s New ‘Arsenal of Freedom’

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth recently warned that America faces a “1939 moment” — a “moment of mounting urgency,” cheers The Wall Street Journal’s editorial board , which hopes this “translates into fixing how the US military fields equipment.”

“Hegseth says the Administration is aiming to ‘rebuild the arsenal of freedom,’ ” adjusting “buying strategies” as new tech evolves, boosting competition and awarding longer contracts to assure companies that expanding production will pay off.

Alas, “the Administration isn’t proposing a defense budget that shows investors the Pentagon is seri

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