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When President Donald Trump announced Tuesday that he had created a new White House office to "resurrect" American military and commercial shipbuilding, he elevated long-standing calls to fix the struggling industry that he said is vital to national security. His clarion call to build more ships "very fast and very soon" comes at a time of rising strategic competition with China.

"Our shipbuilding industry is shrunk down to bare minimum right now," Marine Corps Commandant General Eric Smith told VOA in an exclusive interview at the Pentagon late last year.

The anemic state of American shipbuilding and ship maintenance, and the risks they raise for the military, was shared with VOA through more than a dozen interviews with U.S. military and industry officials spanning several months and conducted ahead of Trump's announcement.

The U.S. Navy is still considered the most powerful in the world when it comes to firepower and tonnage, but the number of Navy ships has fallen behind China’s. The United States has 296 ships in its fleet, while China’s is on pace to surpass 400 ships this year.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 hours ago

Is this news source reliable?

Trump announced on his social media platform Truth Social that Lake would be appointed director of VOA. Lake is a close political ally of the president-elect and a former anchor for a Fox News television station in Phoenix, Arizona.

https://www.voanews.com/a/trump-names-kari-lake-as-choice-for-voa-director/7899195.html

[–] [email protected] 0 points 6 hours ago

Has any chinesium ship been tested in battle? It’s easy to put a bunch of tin cans on the water. Much harder to make them an actual threat. Especially when your country is known for building shit quality products.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 hours ago
  1. Impose tariffs on steel and aluminium imports.
  2. Increase ship building targets to compete with China.
  3. ?????
  4. Profit?

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