“I worked at Boeing for about 1.5 years in the 2008-9 time period”

Re:“I worked at Boeing for about 1.5 years in the 2008-9 tim... by cm2187 on Tuesday April 16, 2019 @05:13AM (#19672196)

But modern firepower between two nuclear nations only requires a few nuclear facilities, not the sort of industrial complex that made the difference in ww2. Good intentions of not using nukes don't really matter, as the conflict would invariably escalate as one of the parties takes over. Which is why this noise of direct war between US and Russia or US and China isn't really credible.

A supply chain war is more credible, China refusing to ship certain products to the US in a conflict. But it is self-destructing too. The world pulling its supply chain out of China would be the end of the Chinese economy.

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Re:“I worked at Boeing for about 1.5 years in the 2008-9 tim... by m_mueller on Tuesday April 16, 2019 @05:42AM (#19672299)

in my other comment I'm kinda replying to the same thing: https://news.ycombinator.com/threads?id=m_mueller#19672286

> The world pulling its supply chain out of China would be the end of the Chinese economy.

I'm not so sure this is true. China has a huge domestic market, and even more potential to build it up more. It's also likely that in such a scenario, a whole block of nations would form, replacing some if not much of China's output with war efforts as it happens in a WW.

Let's just hope it never comes to this, really, for the sake of our daughters and sons if not ourselves.

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Re:“I worked at Boeing for about 1.5 years in the 2008-9 tim... by adrianN on Tuesday April 16, 2019 @05:50AM (#19672322)

There are more than a billion people in China, most of which don't have a particularly great standard of living. The domestic market in China is massive and has huge potential for growth. I think China would be fine without the rest of the world.

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Re:“I worked at Boeing for about 1.5 years in the 2008-9 tim... by C1sc0cat on Tuesday April 16, 2019 @07:25AM (#19672695)

Not if there is a massive loss of jobs an rioting in the streets.

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Re:“I worked at Boeing for about 1.5 years in the 2008-9 tim... by corn_dog on Tuesday April 16, 2019 @11:30AM (#19674486)

Didn't they already try that?

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