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Re:How to Build 300k Airplanes in Five Years by avidiax on Friday May 24, 2024 @12:49PM (#40467986)
Turns out that manufacturing toys, consumer electronics, semiconductors, etc. is very important for future wars that use cheap drones instead of $2,000 155mm artillery shells.

It's not clear that we predicted that shift, so it's a good reason to maintain some manufacturing capability in pretty much all areas, comparative advantage be damned.

Re:How to Build 300k Airplanes in Five Years by lazide on Friday May 24, 2024 @01:10PM (#40468227)
Sounds like a good way to not get your quarterly bonus!
Re:How to Build 300k Airplanes in Five Years by lupire on Sunday May 26, 2024 @06:16PM (#40485901)
China leapfrogged the world by copying the world's work up till then. Why can't US leapfrog by copying back?
Re:How to Build 300k Airplanes in Five Years by lazide on Sunday May 26, 2024 @11:24PM (#40487319)
We’d have to be hungry and willing to get dirty.

Near as I can tell, at the moment we’re mostly confused and tired.