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bebops said:

China will outproduce US in 6th gen platforms. China will have an early head start in 6th gen production compared to 5th gen.

How long do you think US takes to produce 200 b21? It will be over decade. And f47 is not even ready yet.

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It appears B-21 line is meant to be very powerful. I.e. no.

Totoro said:

Those look like procurement contract years/values. Actual deliveries usually lag a year, two or three.

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I agree, also congress needs to maintain funding to make these a reality. When combined with the reconciliation funding of a potential $450 billion (some advocating for $600 billion) it seems as if there is some support to bring US defense spending to around 5% of GDP.

If they can maintain a defense budget of 5% of GDP then I think we will need to re-evaluate our assumptions on the future US defense posture. These targets for missile production are representative of a much more ambitious production capacity. I expect similar scaling in things like fighter and bomber procurement as well. F-15EX, F-35A, B-21 and F-47 would see not only large increases in rate of production but also number of platforms procured.

Totoro said:

Those look like procurement contract years/values. Actual deliveries usually lag a year, two or three.

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Exactly. And the US is going to struggle to produce these. Even if it has the physical facilities, what it doesn't have is enough electronics components. Global silicon-related supply was only starting to recover from Covid when the AI and Data Center surge started. So weapons production is competing with that just to get what they need.