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China has a lot of shipbuilding capacity, but I think it'd be pretty vulnerable to attack. The USA couldn't ramp up shipbuilding capacity overnight, but it cou
by devoutsalsa 2y ago
China has a lot of shipbuilding capacity, but I think it'd be pretty vulnerable to attack. The USA couldn't ramp up shipbuilding capacity overnight, but it could certainly degrade China's ability to build ships overnight. I'm assuming that most of China's ship producing capacity is on the coast, which may be an incorrect assumption.
- jandrese 2y agoAny shipbuilding not on the coast would only be set up for river vessels anyway which are mostly irrelevant in this scenario.
- faeriechangling 2y agoThe thing about building ships is not only does it take forever to build up shipbuilding capacity - it takes forever to build ships. This should be interpreted as emphasizing the strength of the US Navy though, since it would take years and years for China to possibly match the tonnage of the US Navy even if the US didn’t build anything.