Except that relies on the manufacturing capacity to be there, and the raw materials to be extant. You ever heard of Vanadium before? How about Rhenium, or Molybdenum? Those metals are critical for the production of the alloys used in bombers, fighters, tanks, ships, etc. and yet we don't have a secure production chain for them. Hell, even those metals like Titanium or Zirconium that the USA or allies have production for are still bottlenecked by a lacking domestic production. Did you know that all the Zirconium produced in the USA is bottlenecked by a single foundry? Or that our Titanium relies on the trans-Pacific trade networks that would be most in peril during a hypothetical war with China? This is just a glimpse of the prospective dangers, mind you, the specific problems I'm aware of thanks to my work. The reality would be far worse.
The resource war alone would cripple American manufacturing after a year or two. Given a decade or two we might be able to re-calibrate our economy, and our military, around these problems. But that requires a proactive effort our government simply isn't doing.
You don't need to tell me the same thing you say every time, I remember what your shtick is
You remind me of a guy I used to know on the cyberzones who was so convinced peak oil was going to end civilization. The situation was already dire and utterly irreparable. Oil was running out, money, technological advances, no one and nonebody could do a thing, he threw a lot of semi-technical terms around, blah blah blah. Fine fellow
All his not-deep lore didn't mean shit. He was wrong. He rested wholly upon the impossibility of proving a negative, like you. You can say all these things about the future. You can scoff at any inconveniences and insist its all temporary. How can you be proven wrong save by the event? Like monthly domestic 155mm shell production. It's ahead of schedule, increasing about 125% in the last 12 months. Goal is about another 100% increase from current levels by the end of this fiscal year, then another 25%. Now please don't waste your time, I remember what you've said about it and I know what you'll say now. You'll name some resources, muh supply chain will make an appearance, you'll be articulate about why it can't possibly work, or be sustained, or whatever, throw up your hands and declare futility
Meanwhile, where there's money and will there's a lawyer. Wait that isn't right. Where there's money and will there are results. While you sound good, money printer and bulldozer and factory go brrr. Many such cases
Lol the resource war alone would cripple Murican manufacturing capacity in a year or two? Do you listen to yourself, ever? How, precisely, would Russia or China cut off the American government paying top dollar to South America, Africa, Europe? How would Russia or China protect them from us leaning on them if they didn't want to sell? The Red Chinese gonna supply two massive fleets in the southeast Pacific and the south Atlantic to deny those resources to us? Russia gonna do it? 8000-12000 miles away from home? How they gonna stop Canada from taking our money to open a bunch of mines and shit. They got lots of stuff they arent exploiting much. How they gonna stop us doing it here inside the USA? We have even more. Good luck. That's why we've got all those bases and frens like Japan and Poland, so we can hit them where they live a lot and they can't hit us much unless they wanna billions must die turn your key sir
The one thing you are right about is that Congress hasn't appropriated enough money. It should be much more. But it will be. But why even mention it when it would be a pointless endeavor according to you anyway?
