America can't build, maintain, or repair enough ships to match China's shipyard capacity. Perhaps the most important thing the military can do if a war begins is use its geographic position off the coast of China to smash China's shipyards and ports.
The current situation is that the U.S. Navy is unable to build enough new ships to replace the fleet it currently has, and it can’t maintain the ships it does have, let alone battle damage to those ships in war.
China on the other hand:
In contrast the Chinese Navy has been able to quickly create a navy with more warships than the U.S. Navy. Chinese shipbuilders are striving to overtake their main rival South Korea as the largest shipbuilder in the world in all categories.
America's shipyard shortage has been worrying me. That--as well as the seeming inability of the Navy to effectively design new warships--must be addressed.
Something seems to be wrong with our bloody Navy bureaucracy today.
But not all is lost. This naval imbalance can be attacked at both ends of the problem. Fix our problems. And smash China's end:
I’ve expressed my worry over the issue of China’s massive superiority of shipbuilding over America. That would handicap our ability to wage a long war with China. But laying keels isn’t the only measure of adding to fleet strength. The ability to smash the ships on the ways while under construction is part of the equation, too. And American forces at sea and ashore on allied territory can reach Chinese shipyards much more easily than China can reach American or European shipyards that could add to American production.
And those ports should not be a safe harbor for the active ships. Every day should be a Pearl Harbor attack on China's navy and coast guard.
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NOTE: Photo from the Navy.
