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U.S. Warship Production in Crisis as China’s Navy Surges Ahead
The author argues that the U.S. faces a crisis in warship building - and suggests remedies
“In plain language, we need more ships delivered on time and on budget, and we are falling short in both of these areas,” a Navy acquisition official told Congress, adding that costs are rising faster than inflation and schedules for several programs have slipped behind by 1–3 years. U.S. Navy commanders have warned that in the event of a great-power war, the American ability to replace fighting losses would be severely impaired by its low level of shipbuilding throughput. [10] An updated computer model of a Taiwanese war scenario, run by a U.S. think tank, showed that China would be able to absorb much heavier warship losses than the U.S. and continue the fight.
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