I think the biggest bottleneck for any missile is probably the electronics and the engines. In any manufacturing process, all bottlenecks are identified and the entire capability is based on the bottleneck production rate.
the admiral was quite admirable XD. some of these so called "scholars" are like journalists, who in turn are like teenage girls who just latches on to the next shiny thing they see. oh look drones dominated in Ukraine, so lets apply that to Taiwan and turn it into drone hellscape...you are going to need thousands of very large drones, very unlikely that can be sustained on an island so close to enemy rocket fire. it can be sustained, however, by a state with a huge landmass and industrial capacity.
Here is the full interview of Adm. Sam Paparo, the US Indopac forces chief. It was a Brookings Institutions event. Starting at 50:00, he talks about US’ limited air and sea superiority in a potential conflict with China. But later, in answering a question of Singapore’s ambassador to US, he implied that America can no doubt defend Taiwan, having an edge in submarine forces.
On what facts you DOUBT China capacity to supply solid propellent for 1,000 cruise missile per day (currently)?
I hope he meant ballistic missile, since cruise missile DON'T use solid propellant, except for the initial booster.
yeapp, that what I meant for BM