He actually speaks some truth. The Japanese expected an entire year before the USN could recover from Pearl Harbor. The US instead fully recuperated after 3 months. Like China today, the US was a manufacturing powerhouse and ran trade surpluses with the rest of the world before WWII.
America and Europe's commercial aerospace industry are what makes them the preeminent air powers in the world, not their 100-200 elite fighter forces. Replacement rates determine the tides of war, and only the US and EU can produce quality air frames, avionics and engines independently. Boeing for example, delivered almost 18,000 aircraft last year. C919 is China's attempt to build an large-aircraft industry, but it will take decades to reach the West's maturity level.
One more thing to add is that China's commercial shipbuilding industry is targeted towards smaller ships. South Korea and Japan have a monopoly on high-value, high-displacement shipbuilding sectors. Further, shipbuilding are port-bound, meaning that they're exceptionally susceptible to bombings. This is the reason why the US chose Nagasaki to Nuke. Aircraft construction, testing and training are highly decentralized and can be hidden in deep inland if necessary.
Nevertheless, you guys are perhaps 20 years ahead of India in both fronts. In fact, India has no commercial aero/shipbuilding industries to speak of. In a war against the US though, with x10 the strike groups, x20 times the 5th gen fighters, and xInfinite aviation production capacity, it won't even be close.
it renders all the related discussions meaningless.
And do not write out CN hypersonic glide vehicle (HGV) to entertain the ABM/BMD.
