How many ships could the $200 Billion already pi$$ed away on Uke corruption have built? Xi’s proxy is a stand alone treaty organization killer. Our proxy is sucking the US taxpayer dry. It’s pretty apparent Western woke globalism can’t succeed. It might destroy the world but it won’t succeed.
Perhaps if we had not spent all that time building a disposable fleet of LCS (little crappy ships) we wouldn’t be in this sticky wicket.
We have lots of woke and trans sailors so China should tremble.
50 million is not a stretch given "eleven million" mantra has been the mantra for the last 30 years. We invited and imported 2 million just last year.
Our military budget is more than the next ten nations combined. Always poor mouthing. What are they doing with the money?
Poor us… same as medical equipment in a plandemic.
Quick, let’s be like China and make it all state run.
It’s the only way to save us.
This China tactic is exactly like Covid.
85%. Of Americans took the vaccine, so I have no doubt they will kneel in submission here too.
Holocaust levels of obedience without question.
With $400,000,000,000 ANNUAL trade surplus with United States, China can build anything it wants.
How many times have people on this forum said the same
thing?
The head of our navy is just campaigning for a bigger budget. China has many many small ships, but their blue water navy can’t even match Japan’s, let alone the US.
Thanks a lot. Brandon.
and yet, we’re scrapping ships 10yar old
“US can’t keep up with China’s warship building, Navy Secretary says”
Would have been NICE of the Neocons to consider the above BEFORE 2023 and actually do some stuff to stop them, as Trump and people like him in the past had called for.
But no, the Neocons literally HELP the Chinese become a bigger manufacturing power than the US and Europe COMBINED via free-trade deals...and then decide to pick a war over Taiwan.
Great strategy, Neocons. In less than two years you NEOCONS now have the two most powerful militaries in the world AT OUR THROATS.
Where does he think he will get the people to man the ships?
Compare the construction price per foot of the nations’ warships and that may shed light on the issue. Separately, except for beating up on sad sack, low tech 3rd World natives, do surface ships have much of a future in modern battle? Or are they, like tanks, too vulnerable and thus should be relegated to smaller quantities in specialized roles?
…but our navy has more diversity officers. That’ll scare ‘em….
Ping.
It’s difficult to run a marathon in high heels.... /s
The US could return to the “cheap and cheerful” construction program of WWII, if not building ships for us, then for our allies.
Imagine trying to navigate around when warships of a dozen or so nations *may or may not* be hostile to you, but are in the area. The first indicator may be a salvo of ship to ship missiles heading in your direction.
China does not have many allies in the South China Sea. But it has many enemies.
China has more itty bitty boats. The US Navy has more than double the tonnage of China’s.
China’s navy has significant advantages over its US rival, including a bigger fleet and greater shipbuilding capacity, as Beijing seeks to project its power across the oceans, the head of the United States Navy said Tuesday.===
China turned to build ships because Russia became her ally and China only land border thru which it can be invaded now friendly and peaceful.
Soviet commies were not in peace with China.
So now is a historical opportunity for China to become a world superpower. Second only to US. And China will grab it.