[PIF]

Yes, but the players roles are reversed - we have the superior tech; they have the shipyards and manufacturing facilities on order of the WWII basis that we had. We have only two or three shipyards churning out one or two items a year; they have many churning out many items a year.

Theirs are relatively cheap to make and based on known tech - for the most part; ours takes mountains of cash to make one example of unproven tech which usually does not work for years, if ever: the DDG 1000 series; the LCS series, the Ford series, and every one’s favorite - the F-35 with its 4% Mission Capable rate and totally broken ALIS system.

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Yes, but the players roles are reversed - we have the superior tech; they have the shipyards and manufacturing facilities on order of the WWII basis that we had. We have only two or three shipyards churning out one or two items a year; they have many churning out many items a year.

get a grip

the playing-field now isn't "shipyards churning out..."

one drone put iran at bay.     and, more than likely, trade agreements (or epidemics) will subdue the chinee.

[minnesota_bound]

#32 What the future may hold.

Superiority by Arthur C. Clarke
http://www.mayofamily.com/RLM/txt_Clarke_Superiority.html