Out-of-Stock Navy: U.S. wants to build 80% of its warships in South Korea
Turns out America literally forgot how to build ships at scale, so Congress is asking South Korea to build our Navy for us.
America's naval shipbuilding math is looking pretty grim. Right now, China has more than 50 dry docks big enough to handle massive aircraft carriers. The United States has exactly one.
In fact, China's commercial shipbuilding capacity is over 230 times larger than America's, leaving U.S. shipyards so backed up that experts estimate rebuilding domestic capacity alone could take 30 years.
So Representative Ami Bera proposed a shortcut: let South Korea build up to 80% of ship hulls and basic components, then ship them over to the U.S. to install classified weapons and tech. South Korean shipbuilding giants like HD Hyundai and Hanwha are already talking with the U.S. Navy about how to pull it off.
Global superpower status hits a surreal milestone when ordering warships requires relying on overseas outsourced labor.
Source: Asia Today
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