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The Essential National Security Economics of the U.S. Navy - Part 3
China’s Industrial Shipbuilding Machine
If Newport News is the crown jewel of U.S. shipbuilding, then China’s shipyards are the roaring steel mills of naval mass production. Where America has one or two specialized yards, China has lined its entire coastline with ship factories, each one sprawling over acres of concrete, steel, and cranes. The numbers are almost too big to believe, and they explain why the Chinese navy, the People’s Liberation Army Navy, has grown faster than any other fleet in the world.
Let’s take this geographically, because rattling off Chinese names is not helpful to…
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