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re: Russia Unveils New Main Battle Tank, Among Other Things
Posted on 5/6/15 at 11:23 am to Tigeralum2008
Posted on 5/6/15 at 11:23 am to Tigeralum2008
One thing that no one has mentioned here so far is:
Since WWII, the US has transitioned to a "service" economy rather than production/manufacturing base. We simply do not have as many factories we could convert to war production.
Would we be able to produce war materiel in enough quantities for a war that would surely outstrip the worst case supply scenarios?
America produced 300,000 aircraft in WWII. Do you think we'd be capable of producing 3,000 if we needed them within the first year?
Since WWII, the US has transitioned to a "service" economy rather than production/manufacturing base. We simply do not have as many factories we could convert to war production.
Would we be able to produce war materiel in enough quantities for a war that would surely outstrip the worst case supply scenarios?
America produced 300,000 aircraft in WWII. Do you think we'd be capable of producing 3,000 if we needed them within the first year?
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Posted on 5/6/15 at 11:26 am to Tigeralum2008
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America produced 300,000 aircraft in WWII. Do you think we'd be capable of producing 3,000 if we needed them within the first year?
The giant is sleeping again. But this time, he is much fatter, lazier and will be much harder to wake up. And I question his terrible resolve nowadays too.
Posted on 5/6/15 at 11:29 am to Tigeralum2008
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America produced 300,000 aircraft in WWII. Do you think we'd be capable of producing 3,000 if we needed them within the first year?
without question.
Posted on 5/6/15 at 11:42 am to Tigeralum2008
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One thing that no one has mentioned here so far is:
Since WWII, the US has transitioned to a "service" economy rather than production/manufacturing base. We simply do not have as many factories we could convert to war production.
Would we be able to produce war materiel in enough quantities for a war that would surely outstrip the worst case supply scenarios?
America produced 300,000 aircraft in WWII. Do you think we'd be capable of producing 3,000 if we needed them within the first year?
An excellent question indeed. I doubt we could ever produce the vast amounts of war matériel that we did in the 1940's, but given the advance in technology, I doubt we would need to in order to cause an equal amount of death and destruction.
And of course, if we ever were ever about to lose a conventional war, we always have the nuclear option to fall back on, just as the Russian do, which is why going to war with them would be foolish on an epic/end of civilization scale.
Posted on 5/6/15 at 11:05 pm to Tigeralum2008
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America produced 300,000 aircraft in WWII. Do you think we'd be capable of producing 3,000 if we needed them within the first year?
Airplanes at the complexity level of WWII aircraft like the P-51 or B-17? Yes, definitely.
3000 JSF, Rafale, Gripens, etc in one year? No way. Nobody could do it because there isn't a demand for combat aircraft produced at anywhere near that rate.
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