As Oscar have said the U.S. is still the most technological powerhouse.
Economy of the United States - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
As of 2010, the country remains the world's largest manufacturer, representing a fifth of the global manufacturing output.
And considered that our economy is only 3% related to manufacturing alone. Get it?
Although most of the U.S. economy is composed of services, the United States is the world's largest manufacturer, with a 2009 industrial output of US$2.33 trillion. Its manufacturing output is greater than of Germany, France, India, and Brazil combined.
[184] Main industries include petroleum, steel, automobiles, construction machinery, aerospace, agricultural machinery, telecommunications, chemicals, electronics, food processing, consumer goods, lumber, and mining.
The US leads the world in
airplane manufacturing,
[185] which represents a large portion of US industrial output. American companies such as
Boeing,
Cessna (see:
Textron),
Lockheed Martin (see:
Skunk Works), and
General Dynamics produce a vast majority of the world's civilian and military aircraft in factories stretching across the United States.
The manufacturing sector of the U.S. economy has experienced substantial job losses over the past several years.
[186][187] In January 2004, the number of such jobs stood at 14.3 million, down by 3.0 million jobs, or 17.5 percent, since July 2000 and about 5.2 million since the historical peak in 1979. Employment in manufacturing was its lowest since July 1950.
[188] The number of steel workers fell from 500,000 in 1980 to 224,000 in 2000.
[189]
Look at agriculture for example which I included in my previous posts.
Although
agriculture comprises less than two percent of the economy, the United States is a net exporter of food. With vast tracts of
temperate arable land, technologically advanced
agribusiness, and
agricultural subsidies, the United States controls almost half of world
grain exports.
[194] Products include
wheat, corn, other
grains, fruits, vegetables,
cotton; beef, pork, poultry, dairy products;
forest products; fish.
Just because we are not in the top ten in shipbuilding business does not mean we cannot outproduce warships compare to you. We don't even have to try so hard.
And you guys had to buy the hull of a ship. How hard is that? Why not make your own?