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subotai1

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SlothmanAllen said:
As you correctly point out, those ships were build during World War II in which the economy was basically 100% dedicated to wartime production. On top of that, despite having less advanced technology, the US capable of incredible industrial feats. In many ways the US of World War II closely resembles China today in terms of industrial dominance. They really didn't have any competition in terms of industrial output.

I remember a quote from a German POW who had been transferred to work in the United States. I believe they had worked in some capacity at the Krupp steelworks before joining the war effort. The journal he kept mentioned something along the lines of the steel plant in the US he witnessed had more waste steel produced in a week than Germany produced in a month.

Kind of off topic, but I find World War II information interesting, and I think US of that period and China of today have many parallels in terms of industrial dominance.
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This is the problem the US is going to find itself with. But it fails to see the solution. The current US administration thinks getting more people out of college and working in the trades will solve a production problem. Yet they fail to realize that modern production is dark factories and massively automated production. Its not a throw-people-at-it problem. Aside from maybe Tesla, the US has no facilities like those that exist in China to produce parts, components (except for some new chip facilities) and final vehicle assembly in an automation-first approach. It also cannot design or produce the machines needed to be put in the production facilities. IF the US was smart they would find a way to encourage its college graduates to focus on innovation around design, engineering, software and everything needed to produce end to end with a minimum of people.
 
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hypatia

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bsdnf said:
It was originally the X-47B, it should have entered service a decade ago. But for some reason, the US military given up and turned it into a refueling UAV project.
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Iirc they just didn't have mature enough software/automation to make the X-47B work as a CCA in 2016, and instead decided to focus on having a fuel tanker to support their manned air wing (which, with the Super Hornet's poor combat radius, is a pretty needed role). There's work being done to give the MQ-25 strike/ISR capability though, using it as kind of a bridge to proper CCA designs in the future.
 
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Apparently this is what the MQ-25 control station looks like. I remember a while back some insiders were speculating that the Navy switching from a Boeing ground control station late into development might suggest another top secret Navy strike UAV was in development. Not sure if we have seen much movement on that theory.

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2048883675345883166
 
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