[rlmorel]

I had read recently that this nation needs an additional major naval shipyard with companies that can build military and civilian shipping. Given the backlog of shipyard availability for routine upkeep of our Navy, and the paltry output of our American shipyards, I have to agree we need another shipyard.

In the Tariff negotiations, South Korea committed to $150 billion to American Shipyard infrastructure development and expansion, including workforce. That is a huge component of our industry we must restore. And it will allow us to build a workforce to use in an additional shipyard when we build it.

Another reason I appreciate and support President Trump in his implementation of tariffs to level the playing field.

[Red6]

Our goal needs to be to ensure we maintain a war enabling technical and manufacturing capacity advantage in domestic industry.

We need to align our most trusted and inner circle of allies with us (economy of scale) and certain critical technologies.

The new era we are entering will challenge us industrially like we never have been before. We are facing off with someone that already today has TWICE our manufacturing base, more engineers, more patents in the sciences and engineering, etc: example AI.

https://fortune.com/2025/11/11/is-china-about-to-win-the-ai-race/

[Sequoyah101]

To get all the motivated workers needed for shipyards and multiple other projects we are going to have to stop feeding and caring for able bodied men so they can backfill menial jobs qualified people now hold. If there are ant such qualified people.