I am not that sure anymore. US armaments industry got a bad case of Wall Street in the 1990s and there aren't many factories left. Even though the US is indirectly involved in a big land war with Russia, plus has a lot of purchase orders from other countries, the industry is spinning up at snail's pace. Smaller countries in Europe will wait 10 or more years for their F-35s.
One of the serious diseases of the developed world is bureaucracy. The US has way less of it than, say, Germany (which is almost a fatal case), and maybe it could get rid of it in times of need.
Maybe. But Starship development is still being delayed by licensing, even though said licensing didn't stop the only really serious problem until today (the destruction of the concrete launch pad in Boca Chica).
The US is the worlds largest arms supplier today, and getting more orders all the time. There might not be a lot of factories, but the ones there are produce a lot of stuff.
I am not that sure anymore. US armaments industry got a bad case of Wall Street in the 1990s and there aren't many factories left. Even though the US is indirectly involved in a big land war with Russia, plus has a lot of purchase orders from other countries, the industry is spinning up at snail's pace. Smaller countries in Europe will wait 10 or more years for their F-35s.
One of the serious diseases of the developed world is bureaucracy. The US has way less of it than, say, Germany (which is almost a fatal case), and maybe it could get rid of it in times of need.
Maybe. But Starship development is still being delayed by licensing, even though said licensing didn't stop the only really serious problem until today (the destruction of the concrete launch pad in Boca Chica).