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As much as their weapons systems (Chinese included) are improving, I don't ever envisage them catching up with most of that produced by some western nations, in particular the US.
But that then begs the question: What is best, quality or quantity?
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Not really. The problem is, the allies denied the production capability of Germany by denying German air superiority. If the Germans made the XXI, or if they managed to produce decent numbers of ME-262's, or if they managed to produce decent numbers of the Panthers, or if they managed to get enough fuel to run their army, you might be speaking German right now.
So, if there is an answer to the question of quality vs quantity, WWII showed that quality will win the day any day of the week, but it is all in balance.
A better war to look at to answer this question would be the Isrealie wars. Outnumbered 10 to 1 with MiGs on one side and F-15's and F-16's on the other, they scored 74 kills without a single loss! Sounds to me that quantity means nothing when up against the right quality.
Example - 10,000 screaming people with sticks and stones against a single M1! Who wins?
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In Clay Blair's book, he said the US wasn't that impressed with the actual quality of the XXI (the component quality, not the design) All that bombing made a differrence, I guess. I don't remember, but I think he said most of the boats had been slapped together.