The $1.3 Trillion Mistake That Weakened the U.S. Navy

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00:00 The US Navy has a big problem
01:46 The $1.3 Trillion Mistake
03:21 The Explosion of Chinese Shipbuilding Industry
04:23 The real danger from Chinese commercial ships
09:22 Why China still has to catch up on submarines
10:17 What's the US Navy Plan?

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[vasilileung]

The scary thing is 25-30 years ago China didn’t even have a decent destroyer and had to buy four Sovs from Russia. Now China’s navy dwarfs Russias.

[shantanusapru]

There's a saying in the military: "Quantity has a quality of its own."

[kit]

In times of peace, or in times of cold war, the technological advantage of the US military might be sufficient to maintain superiority. But in the case of an all out war, industrial output will be what wins in the end

[jimsvideos]

Shipbuilding is a _very_ complex thing and the experienced workers for it are not created quickly.

[wintersl]

You even included the fake news of the submarine sinking. It is common sense that China's nuclear submarines are not built in Wuhan. This makes me discount your professionalism.

[engineeranonymous]

You forget to mention Zumwalt-class destroyer, littoral combat ship (LCS) fiasco, Constellation-class frigate delays

[APDM_Analysis]

20 Years ago: China had neither the quality or the quantity

10 Years ago: China might has the numbers, but not the tonnage and quality

Now: China does not have the experience

To everyone saying China is x years behind, do know that once parity is reached, it’s reached. signifying how much years China is behind is meaningless when US Navy had been stagnated for two decades for failed projects like Zumwalt and LCS, and it’s not getting better under the Trump admin

[Christopher_Tham]

Western perspectives struggle to comprehend why China isn't aiming to dismantle American hegemony, but rather, to some extent, is sustaining it. China's primary objective in building warships is to safeguard its merchant vessels, as the Chinese prioritize economic prosperity over engaging in conflict.

[TienyeeTien]

Quality? Made in China has one dollar quality and one hundred dollars quality. It depends on how much u want to pay.

[busybody]

If USA ever goes to war with China.. they will have to call a timeout so they can order more military parts from... China 😅

[rags]

Also: Every ship that the US builds is a replacement for an existing ship while every ship that the China builds it is one more ship for their fleet...

[sathishkumargovindasamy]

My concern is China's fishing fleet

[therover]

From Singapore. In our military exercises, we also practiced using civilian assets. Nothing surprising. Most countries do this.

[geiers]

Stupid. The US would need to completely revolutionize their whole shipbuilding yards to have any chance to catch up. Also paying workers better, so they don't go work for Mcdonalds...

[ats-]

The US can just get China to build some warships for them, except the tarrifs will make them fairly expensive 🙄

[Rowrin]

So basically, the ability for a nation's navy to procure ships is directly proportional to that nation's ability to manufacture ships, and all of the ship manufacturing industry and jobs that the US once had is now over seas.

[Darkmatter]

For those who want to know, China produces 54.2 % of ALL sea going vessels in the world. The US make 0.1 %. That means for every 1 ship that the US makes, China makes 542

[prch]

Can you really say they are 20 years behind, when they learn 5x times faster?

[emosmurf]

one aspect not addressed: lack of military personnel. "do more with less, and do it better" didn't work. i asked one gunner's mate 2nd class why she got out after 8 years (a career designated investment of time), and she said, lack of qualified personnel, overworking, and just plain incompetence. the military is even researching schools to train recruit prospects that have failed educational prerequisites so they pass entry minimums. pathetic--and hazardous. before i retired, there were even "fatboy" physical fitness programs to get the physical fitness failure rate to where recruits could pass entry minimums in that aspect. the US military is in a frightening condition personnel-wise, in addition to what you have illustrated here. and our allies and enemies know it.

[thefrog]

The issue is never about budget, but instead about USN's vision of a future war, which its leadership has been consistently lacking since the end of cold war. LCS and DDG1000 are two very costly mistakes that proved this point. And now USN can't even complete a single FFGX without blowing over its budget and getting delays over and over, its been 8 years since this project's inception btw. USN need to learn about project management and accountability. Otherwise no matter how much money congress hand to them, USN leadership will still burn that money in a passion project that delivers nothing.