Outbuilding China is not in the cards. Better for the US to field more effective means to kill adversary warships while protecting our own.
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That is something that always interests me is the question of attrition ratios.
That is the cost of weapons vs weapons e.g ground to air missile ($14000) taking out ($16 million ) military jet plus pilot. Or ballistic missle vs billion dollar aircraft carrier
@FreedomDemocrat2yrs2Y
Yes.
In WWI, the Battle of Jutland was the only clash of once-important battleships. In WWII we build up-to-date battleships (Iowa class) but also built carriers and battleships were essentially useless.
So your point about not trying to match China's hull count may well be spot on.
@S3nateDonRepublican2yrs2Y
It hasn't been since Napoleon that wars were won with battlefield strategy and strength of arms. Wars are won with supply chains and resources. The Atom bomb shortened the pacific campaign, but the liberty ship was what really won the war. Without the ability to crank out
thousands of these ships, we wouldn't be able to mobilize around the world. You can have all the fancy missiles you want, but it always comes down to the raw industrial might (and access to resources) of a nation.
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