The more that I see of this war, the more convinced I am that we need to be a domestic supplier of most ammunitions even if that means we have factories that only produce a steady supply of our peacetime needs but also are paid to have the capability to rapidly ramp up war-time production.
I keep having this nagging feeling that we are being suckered into using up our (NATO's) war-stocks. The only thing calming me is the fact that if the OS reporting on Russian equipment casualties is half accurate then they aren't a big conventional threat anymore. That doesn't mean that they won't be in the future, even Russians learn from their mistakes, and then there's China and NK and Iran and a host of others who might do some local gathering of low hanging fruit while stocks are low.
I tend to be on the side of mistrusting adversaries but the Kumbaya days are over no matter how much Socks-Boy is yearning for them. There are really very few options as to how to interpret the writing on the wall. For me, deterrence requires an ability to project credible strength. If conventional forces are too expensive then maybe we should reconsider having our own force de frappe.