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SM-class, Patriot, and Terminal High Altitude Area Defense missile interceptors don’t grow on trees. Due to underinvestment in industrial capacity and a decline in skilled workers, stocks of these crucial air defense munitions won’t return to basic adequacy until 2029 at the earliest. This is good news for China, because Communist Party Chairman Xi Jinping has told his military to be ready to invade Taiwan by 2027.