Protip: you don't need very much steel production if you've already outsourced most of the manufacturing that uses steel.
I'm only joking slightly, we produce about 80 million metric tons a year domestically and only used about 100 in the years just before Covid. I'd worry far more about food production and drug production. If you think a war between another nuclear power comes down to who has more artillery shells I think you're gravely mistaken. 5,000 nuclear weapons >> all the conventional weapons in the world.
Protip: you don't need very much steel production if you've already outsourced most of the manufacturing that uses steel.
I'm only joking slightly, we produce about 80 million metric tons a year domestically and only used about 100 in the years just before Covid. I'd worry far more about food production and drug production. If you think a war between another nuclear power comes down to who has more artillery shells I think you're gravely mistaken. 5,000 nuclear weapons >> all the conventional weapons in the world.