We manufacture more goods now than ever before. I doubt that China would want to conduct war with its best customer. If we are having miltary procurement problems I suggest you look at the crooks in Congress before looking at China.
Long term, the PRC plan to sell more to fellow Asians and to Europe than they ever could hope to sell to us. They really no longer need us, now that they have our capital, hold the paper to our debt and have our technology. Now shall begin the long squeeze - it's gonna hurt bad!
That right? Why, then, does our trade deficit continue to expand? Why do I find a vast array of Chinese goods in the markets, but few American goods?
If your manufacturing is a means to an end, then who the customer is doesn't matter to the end. If you can get your enemy to fund his own demise...