US Navy warship production hits 25-year low, falls behind China: 'A terrible state'

Chinese shipbuilding capacity over 200 times greater than US, Navy intelligence says CCP-tied EV company backed by Dems buys up Michigan land miles from US bases US, Australia, Japan, Germany show force during military exercise amid China fears. Navy shipbuilding has had its worst production in 25 years, putting the US behind rival China in production pace. "I don't see a fast, easy way to get out of this problem. It's taken us a long time to get into it," Eric Labs, a longtime naval analyst at the Congressional Budget Office, told ABC News, adding that the Navy's shipbuilding was now in "a terrible state." The ABC News report cites a Marinette Marine contract as just one of the many examples of the struggles of the Navy to meet production. Navy Secretary Carlos Del Toro has touted such programs, the report notes, even speaking during the commencement for recent graduates at a community college that partnered with Portsmouth Naval Shipyard to teach students to repair nuclear submarines. The report comes after a US Office of Naval Intelligence slide leaked online showed last year that the rapidly expanding Chinese Navy has the capacity to produce ships at 200 times the rate of the United States. The Navy said it is taking the problem seriously, with a spokesperson for Del Toro telling ABC News that the service is looking for more "Creative solutions" to the problem.