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[โ€“] startlefrenzy@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Money is one thing. The speed of production is another

[โ€“] zephyreks@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 year ago

China can pop up hospitals in days, apartments and factories in weeks, and entire cities in months. 800 billion is a shocking amount of money. You could literally buy out a mid-sized country (or, say, Ford) and tell them to dedicate their entire manufacturing capacity to ammunition.