PLAN builds ships no faster then we do. Three to four years for a destroyer. This isn’t wwii, you go to war with what you have and we still vastly outnumber them in tonnage and capabilities.
We’ll take a big first punch from their missile barrage but it’ll be downhill from there.
China is building at least 20 warships a year in 17 shipyards1. In 2021, China commissioned at least 28 ships2. In 2016, the Chinese Navy commissioned 18 ships, including a Type-052D guided missile destroyer, three Type-054A guided missile frigates and six Type-056 corvettes3. China is the leading shipbuilding country in the world3