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America's shipbuilding capability in comparison to China's is alarming.   If a long conflict were to break out tomorrow between the two countries, China would have a significant upper hand, as their shipyards can dramatically outperform America's in ship maintenance and production.   #Navy #Shipyard #China #US #GPC #NPC

🚨 Read in The Wall Street Journal: "China’s Shipyards Are Ready for a Protracted War. America’s Aren’t." ➡️"China emerged as a global power by turning itself into the world’s factory floor. It is expanding that power, and its military might, with another striking industrial feat: becoming the world’s shipyard." More here 👉https://lnkd.in/e3RTZhQu 💡This echos what Jonathan Holslag highlighted in 'Every Ship a Warship': "China considers maritime power as an important building block of its national power and crucial for its national economic security. In recent years, the Communist Party has strengthened its grip on all large maritime companies. China is also developing its civilian maritime assets with an eye of being deployed in armed conflicts." More here 👉https://lnkd.in/euZYdHJN 📢 Time for Europe to wake up and realise that maritime industrial leadership is essential for strategic autonomy and sovereignty!

This article ran 2 days ago in the WSJ. No longer a niche discussion for navalists and sea power aficionados, this is a issue that needs to be addressed. Global trade, underpinned by the freedom of the seas provided by the US Navy is critical to ALL industries in our economy. We need more shipyards and we need them yesterday. https://lnkd.in/gMDi69Um

MOSCOW — Russian Navy to Add Approximately 50 Ships This Year CHINA LEADS THE WORLD IN SHIPBUILDING The Russian Navy is set to receive around 50 ships of various classes this year, an increase from the 32 ships received last year, according to the deputy minister of industry and trade. Despite Russia's ambitious naval policies and plans for a new generation of destroyers, the shipbuilding industry in Russia shows few signs of being able to meet these goals, as noted by the military-analytical institute RUSI in 2022. The deficiencies of Russia's naval shipbuilding sector were apparent even in producing smaller and less complex vessels. The financial and industrial constraints of Russia's shipbuilding sector suggest that its surface navy is likely to evolve into a fleet focused on frigates and corvettes, which are more suited for "green water" (coastal) operations rather than "blue water" (ocean-going) capabilities. This perspective is supported by Sidharth Kaushal, a doctorate holder from the London School of Economics who specializes in global navies. Conversely, U.S. officials openly acknowledge significant challenges with delays and budget overruns in constructing new naval ships, as well as difficulties in overhauling existing vessels. While both Russia and the U.S. face obstacles in military shipbuilding, China advances rapidly and relatively quietly. According to the U.S. Navy's intelligence unit (ONI), China's shipbuilding capacity is 232 times greater than that of the U.S., and it currently holds nearly half of the global shipbuilding capacity.

More than half of the world’s commercial shipbuilding output came from China last year—making it the top global shipmaker by a wide margin. By becoming the world's shipyard, building the world's largest coast guard and fishing fleet, along with growing its merchant marine, China is expanding its military might and overall strength as a global power. And while Chinese shipyards are thriving and primed to build at wartime rates, U.S. shipbuilding is in disarray. Read more from The Wall Street Journal ⬇️ #China #shipyards #shipbuilding #commercialshipbuilding

#worldpoliticalcommentary #worldmilitarycommentary #china #chinesshipyards #chinesewarships - These big shipyards are China's shipbuilding power players and are cranking out new warships at a breakneck pace https://lnkd.in/gGmEub_y

OPINION: "About a month before Hanwha Ocean announced its bid for Austal, US Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro visited South Korea. His trip included Hanwha Ocean shipyards. He expressed interest in further cooperation in maintenance of US warships in these shipyards. "Moreover, he even invited Dong Kwan Kim, a vice chair of the Hanwha Group, to the US to further discuss maintenance cooperation. Later, Del Toro told the Navy League’s annual Sea-Air-Space conference that he was 'floored' by South Korea’s shipbuilding industry. "The US would like to 'attract the most advanced shipbuilders in the world to open US-owned subsidiaries...here in the US', he said, interest in inviting Hanwha Ocean to do so. If that’s his attitude, the US regulations that have concerned Austal cannot be a significant problem. The US is not concerned with using South Korean shipbuilders. "US admiration for the low costs of the South Korean naval builders and its willingness to work with them may not be the main reason behind Washington’s apparent comfort with Hanwha Ocean’s bid. A larger factor may be its desire to see its Pacific allies, notably Japan, South Korea and Australia, develop security relationships with each other. "President Joe Biden’s administration has repeatedly encouraged multilateral security cooperation beyond the conventional hub-and-spoke arrangement in which several Western Pacific countries are allies with the United States but not with each other. It has been particularly active in pushing its allies to work together in maritime security." Full article link in comments.

Concurring with sentiment from the United States Department of Defense's recently released National Defense Strategy, U.S. Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro has called for a new Maritime Statecraft Strategy. In a recent speech, SECNAV stated that the U.S. needs to invest in the revival of domestic shipbuilding with the help of increased funding from Congress, but also investment from overseas - specifically, allies like Japan and South Korea. Though a matter of national security, Secretary Del Toro has also framed this issue as a matter of economic security due to the ongoing global competition with China. Read more from gCaptain ⬇️ Bloomberg US Navy #shipbuilding #pentagon #NationalDefenseStrategy #economicsecurity #SECNAV

Top 10 SHIPBUILDING NATIONS On the ranking table, currently, the 🇵🇭 Philippines is the only Southeast Asian nation within the top 5 powerful shipbuilding countries in the world, holding the 4th position. In fact, Professor Thayer also notes that the success of the Philippine shipbuilding industry has been greatly supported by foreign investments and technology transfers. The Philippines has a long tradition of shipbuilding and repair, particularly in Subic Bay, during the time when the U.S. military was stationed there. After the U.S. Navy withdrew in 1992, Subic Bay was transformed into commercial infrastructure. In Southeast Asia, according to Research and Markets, the shipbuilding industry of the 🇵🇭 Philippines and 🇻🇳Vietnam is considered the most developed. "During the time when the rankings were being assessed, the Philippines built nearly twice as many ships as Vietnam, and this difference could entirely change in the future," Professor Thayer remarked.