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Is it possible that US doesn't have as great of a manufacturing indusrty as China, thus in a war between the US and China, the US would be at a disadvantage in
by pepsi_can 15y ago
Is it possible that US doesn't have as great of a manufacturing indusrty as China, thus in a war between the US and China, the US would be at a disadvantage in the long term in terms of the sheer number of aircraft, tanks and war ships produced? Similar to the Japaneese during WWII.
- nostromo 15y agoNot when it comes to weapons. The US makes more arms than any other country and is the biggest exporter. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arms_industry#World.27s_largest_arms_exporters http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arms_industry#World.27s_largest...) One of the reasons the US congress can't cut its military budget is because the US actually produces a lot of arms across the country. The joke is that an ideal defense project will have at least one job in every congressional district.
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- bilbo0s 15y agoDon't worry about the disadvantage in manpower and industrial capacity, military technology has advanced a great deal since WWII. I'm sure the majority of military planners are bright enough to have a nagging suspicion, somewhere in the back of their heads, that an open war between China and the US would be over in a matter of hours.