China Briefing reports:
"The largest shipyard in the world measuring 460 meters long with a width of 135 meters has opened in Dalian, a coastal city located northeast of China.
"The largest shipyard in the world measuring 460 meters long with a width of 135 meters has opened in Dalian, a coastal city located northeast of China.
The shipyard located in Changxing Island has bypassed the Philippine shipyard built by Hanjin Heavy Industries by 1 meter long and 1 meter wide. It was built with investment coming from the STX (Dalian) Shipbuilding Co., a subsidiary of the Korean company, STX Group."
China is now building a significant infrastructure capable of constructing both civilian and military shipping and its Navy is approaching a true blue water capability which in ten years may equal the US. While the US fleet is dropping down to less than 300 ships, with only a third at sea at any one time, the Chinese Navy is expanding greatly.
As we have written a year ago we see the capabilities of littoral fleets being a major player in any future regional conflicts while at the same time having the infrastructure of backbone fleets to support them.
One must remember that in 1944 at the battle of Leyte Gulf the US had over 3,000 ships, while still supporting the Atlantic and the rest of the Pacific. We are now down to 300 and the Chinese will soon surpass us with much lower logistics concerns.
As we have written a year ago we see the capabilities of littoral fleets being a major player in any future regional conflicts while at the same time having the infrastructure of backbone fleets to support them.
One must remember that in 1944 at the battle of Leyte Gulf the US had over 3,000 ships, while still supporting the Atlantic and the rest of the Pacific. We are now down to 300 and the Chinese will soon surpass us with much lower logistics concerns.
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