[systemvoltage]

> The quality of a mass-produced product like a consumer hand tool isn't a function of the country in which it is made but rather of its design.

The point isn't about quality, the point is about having manufacturing capacity to turn these places from making tools to making aircraft parts in a pinch when shit hits the fan.

Having domestic manufacturing capacity of the shittiest tools is far better than only having designers that'd twiddle their thumbs in war time, not knowing how to setup high volume manufacturing capability quickly.

Most people here do not understand how difficult it is to make literally anything in high volume. Take the simplest thing like a puck of aluminum. Now, try establishing a manufacturing chain that can make 8 million of these per week. You'd be on your knees trying to make 1k a week, let alone 8 million. We're note even talking about having SPC or other systems that monitor quality. HVM is the most underappreciated aspect of engineering by far and it is trivialized by clueless media. Even the most educated people appreciate design over manufacturing.