Let me preface this by saying it’s speculation
I have a few friends in the defense industry. Two of them have been hinting/telling me that things are seriously ramping up. One works for a northeast based missle/weapons technology company and the other works in the northeast for an Indiana based company that manufactures weapons for airplanes. Mike Pence works closely with the second guys company.
Anyway, over the past few months they have both alluded to the fact production is at all time highs and they’ve been asked to sometimes double/triple production of certain ‘products’. They are saying insiders think the US military is gearing up for large scale action in 2019.