The observation of Rear Admiral Eric Ver Hag, commanding the office overseeing the maintenance and modernization of US Navy ships, is final. According to him, the United States Navy today does not have sufficient industrial capacity to maintain and modernize its fleet in peacetime. If a conflict were to break out, predicted the American general officer, referring, without citing it, to China, the US Navy would simply not have the means to repair damaged ships fast enough to support military action in time.
This finding echoes the findings of an internal United States Marine Corps study, published earlier this year, which emphasized the lack of a sufficient industrial response to repair US Navy ships in part of a high-intensity conflict. Conversely, other countries, such as China but also Russia, have significantly modernized and increased their capacities in this area, so that even with a larger starting fleet, the United States could well quickly find itself outnumbered. digital if a conflict were to persist.
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