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One way to do this is to make domestic production a requirement for government contracts. Then the government contracts ensure domestic production exists, and pays off a lot of their fixed costs, which may make them competitive in the global market. Or maybe competitors are still cheaper.

But more than one country can do this, which ensures supply chain diversity. And if one of them falters, the others may be more expensive, but they exist.




Then people will complain about government waste and using out of date tech.




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