The Bataan Amphibious Ready Group, including dry cargo ship USNS William McLean, the amphibious ship USS Bataan, and amphibious dock landing ship USS Oak Hill, transits the Bab Al-Mandeb Strait, June 9, 2020.
Breaking Defense: In War, Chinese Shipyards Could Outpace US in Replacing Losses; Marine Commandant
“Replacing ships lost in combat will be problematic," Marine Commandant Gen. David Berger writes in a forthcoming paper. "Our industrial base has shrunk while peer adversaries have expanded their shipbuilding capacity. In an extended conflict, the United States will be on the losing end of a production race.”
WASHINGTON: The Commandant of the Marine Corps, Gen. David Berger, dismisses current Marine and Navy plans for amphibious ships as “obsolete,” and worries that in any conflict, China could replace damaged ships faster than the US in a draft operating concept obtained by Breaking Defense.
The warnings are the latest in a campaign waged by the reform-minded Berger to overhaul how the Marine Corps trains and equips to meet the challenges of China and other advanced nations, while working more closely with the other armed services and allies around the globe.
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WNU Editor: Americans are still surprisingly ignorant in not realizing how massive China's industrial base has become in the past 20 years. This is what happens when your industrial base moves to another country. Fortunately for the US this US Marine commander is aware of this industrial shortfall.
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