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The US have about a 90-days stockpile of war munitions. That is the estimated duration of on hand munitions readied for deployment. Then manufacturing ramps during that 90 days to support war expenditures and continues once the war ended to replenish that 90-days stockpile.Not tactics , but just increase the production and deployment of Norinco A100 and KRL-21 ( which are produced in Pakistan at the moment ) ...
It is actually costlier for the attacker than the defense even if some defensive measures are more expensive than some offensive capabilities the attacker can bring because the objective of the attacker is to conquer, which requires the attacker to numerically overwhelm the defense in some areas, asymmetric tactics in some, avoidance of some, or combinations of both. But no matter what, there has to be sufficient reserves for when numerical superiority calls for it.
That 90-days figure is well studied and has ample historical support...
Chemical Warfare Service in the Southwest Pacific During World War II
Chemical Warfare Service in the Southwest Pacific During World War II
by Dr. Burton Wright III
Some relief, but not enough, occurred when the Army established a general depot for materials left behind by Army divisions passing through Australia on their way to the front. Although the stockpiles obtained from these units seemed more than adequate at first, planners in the United States were developing a logistics strategy to ensure that adequate supplies would reach every corner of the far Pacific. This high-level planning culminated in February 1942 with a document on an overall supply system for Australia. It called for stockpiling 90 days' worth of supplies of all classes, to include ground ammunition.
Quartermaster Activities in World War I - extracted from America's Munitions 1917-1918
The overseas forces were the particular concern of the Subsistence Division. It was planned to have approximately three months' advance supply of food sent over each month for the number of troops actually sent to France during that month. This was called the initial supply. In addition to this, there was sent over a monthly automatic supply, equivalent to the amount of food the troops already in France would consume during that month. In this way a 90 days' reserve was usually maintained overseas.
Ninety days in successful defense will start to have decreased morale in the offense. It essentially deteriorated into a siege and no one likes sieges, least of all the siege creator. For the defense, that 90-days figure is important because there might be openings where that stockpile may be enough to take the offense and win the war.
Since the Iron Dome or ID-like system is essentially a defensive method, the wielder can successfully intercept only %50 of incoming rockets or artillery shells in order to have deleterious effects on the goal of victory by the other side.