The US is the world’s sole military superpower. It spends more on its military than the ten next highest spending countries combined. China is now the world’s sole manufacturing superpower. Its production exceeds that of the nine next largest manufacturers combined.
This means China is de facto the only military superpower as well. You need shipyards to build a navy. The US can't actually replenish it's military in the event of a war if its manufacturing capability is so low.
on a related note, there's some great analysis from RUSI regarding this https://rusi.org/explore-our-research/publications/commentary/attritional-art-war-lessons-russian-war-ukraine
This means China is de facto the only military superpower as well. You need shipyards to build a navy. The US can't actually replenish it's military in the event of a war if its manufacturing capability is so low.
on a related note, there's some great analysis from RUSI regarding this https://rusi.org/explore-our-research/publications/commentary/attritional-art-war-lessons-russian-war-ukraine
Yes that was a good article.
https://maritime-executive.com/editorials/china-s-navy-is-using-quantity-to-build-quality