[mac_truck]

America would win any war it entered tomorrow, no one is arguing that. I am concerned about the war ten years from now, or twenty, or thirty. When our weapons are either hopelessly obsolete or are purchased from others because we can no longer produce our own. We will surely lose that war.

Concurring bump.

One need look no further than the Chinese hold on rare-earth metals, and their recently demonstrated willingness to shut down supply to the rest of the world for political reasons, for an example.

[jboot]

Thank you.

It's simple, really. Domestic industrial capacity = National security. Lose one, lose the other.