If there’s an arms race at sea, China currently is winning.
The U.S. Defense Department’s own numbers support that view. It estimates China has around 340 warships, while the U.S. number is below 300.
On top of that, the Defense Department warns that China is building new ships faster than the U.S. is.
Beijing could have 400 warships by 2025, an increase of 60. But the U.S. may need more than 20 years to build 50 more ships.
In other words, according to CNN, the Chinese can build three warships in the time it takes the U.S. to build one.
If that’s not enough, the Global Firepower website says Russia and North Korea also have stronger Navy fleets than the U.S.
For the West to keep up with China, military experts say Japan and South Korea may have to increase production.
Japan’s warships currently “are among the world’s best,” former U.S. Pacific Command operations director Carl Schuster told Britain’s Daily Star.
South Korea reportedly has a destroyer that possesses more firepower than its Chinese counterpart.
But the U.S. cannot buy Asian warships. It’s against federal law. Warship construction in other countries for the U.S. Navy also is banned. READ MORE...
