China ‘drastically ramp up’ military tech production as US munition shortages under focus - The Australian

China's acceleration of military-technology production and munitions output directly shifts the PLA's capability curve upward, increasing the credibility of coercive or kinetic options against Taiwan and the Indo-Pacific. Concurrently, reported US munition shortages expose a critical asymmetry in production capacity that, if sustained, could degrade US ability to reinforce allies (including Australia) during a crisis, weakening the deterrent posture underpinning AUKUS and Quad stability.