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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.

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You need to keep up, China is churning out ships for its blue water navy like ma made cookies.

China has a vast and novel assortment of drones including stealth and possible LW drones

If you imagine trade agreements will subdue the Chinese, you need to read Xi’s speech Xi Focus: Xi stresses racing against time to reach Chinese Dream

And one drone did not put Iran at bay - rather it revealed how good our intel networks are and the moles in the Al-Qods forces. Iran will change tactics to counter and will will counter theirs etc. Iran;s goal remains the same - the elimination of the US, Israel and Rome on its path to genocidal nuclear war.