-600 + Billion every year buys a lot of ‘toys’ and T-shirts.
At 1.3 million active duty military and more than 800,000 reserve forces the infrastructure to maintain that is already significant manufacturing capacity. Training more people takes time so you get various projections around force mobilization vs war footing etc. But while some lag is expected, you can get a lot done with even 1 year of critical supplies on hand.
Remember this is the same group that designed the internet to keep working even as major cities where nuked. Going to war is very much part of long term planning.
At 1.3 million active duty military and more than 800,000 reserve forces the infrastructure to maintain that is already significant manufacturing capacity. Training more people takes time so you get various projections around force mobilization vs war footing etc. But while some lag is expected, you can get a lot done with even 1 year of critical supplies on hand.
Remember this is the same group that designed the internet to keep working even as major cities where nuked. Going to war is very much part of long term planning.