> If China and the U.S. get into a conflict, like every war it will be a question of war production
This describes attritional war [1]. Not all wars are attritional. American war planning has, since the Cold War, extracted a peace dividend in not maintaining its warmaking industry, relying, instead, on stockpiles and quick victories.
In China, for the first time since the Soviet Union, we have an adversary who could draw down our stockpiles and force us into attritional war.
This describes attritional war [1]. Not all wars are attritional. American war planning has, since the Cold War, extracted a peace dividend in not maintaining its warmaking industry, relying, instead, on stockpiles and quick victories.
In China, for the first time since the Soviet Union, we have an adversary who could draw down our stockpiles and force us into attritional war.
[1] https://phillipspobrien.substack.com/p/war-and-deterrence-in...