Hacker News new | past | comments | ask | show | jobs | submit login

This is really out of date thinking, even South Korea is better at making ships than America now. In wartime China would switch from gadgets to bombs and drones and out produce us by an order of magnitude. They already produce 3x more vehicles than America; It’s 2024, not 1956. Review the article called “The return of industrial warfare”.

https://www.rusi.org/explore-our-research/publications/comme...





Look at american shipbuilding in 1938 and compare it to 1944 and understand looking at peacetime warmaking capacity makes zero sense.


looks like a great article. thx for posting.




Guidelines | FAQ | Lists | API | Security | Legal | Apply to YC | Contact

Search: