“There are posters that believe Apple can move manufacturing in months.”
The Soviets moved their industrial base in a matter of months in 1941.
“production of the famous T-34 tank was moved 2,000 km from Kharkov to the Stalin-Ural railcar factory at Niznhy Tagil, Sverdlovsk, under the leadership of its designer, Alexander Morizov. This involved moving 30,000 workers and dependents, and 10,000 machine tools. They were all boxed up and moved east.”
“Workers re-assembling a steel works at Chelyabinsk were given just 75 days to restart production. This involved laying railway tracks, re-assembling 18 machine shops and connecting compressed air supplies. Starting with frozen ground, working round the clock, and living in tents, the workers achieved the task in 56 days.”
“Chelyabinsk became home to the world’s largest tank factory.”
“In addition to the removal and re-assembly of the factories, the Soviets also built 3,500 factories from scratch from 1942 to 1946, which equates to 750 a year.”
https://www.left-horizons.com/2021/10/08/eighty-years-ago-evacuation-of-soviet-war-factories/
Walmart knows how to build a store fast. They can tell their suppliers who does it.
Well, so Apple can get ‘er done, correct?
The Soviet industrial base in 1940 was not very sophisticated.