China Is Going Full Speed Ahead with Peacetime Shipbuilding. What If There Was a War?

May 24, 2021 Topic: Shipbuilding Region: Asia Blog Brand: The Reboot Tags: ChinaMilitaryTechnologyWarU.S. NavyNavy

China Is Going Full Speed Ahead with Peacetime Shipbuilding. What If There Was a War?

China has more shipyards and is already building more ships during peacetime than America. 

The commandant is a Cassandra worth heeding.

James Holmes is J. C. Wylie Chair of Maritime Strategy at the Naval War College and coauthor of Red Star over the Pacific. This first appeared in 2020 and is being reposted due to reader interest.

Image: Reuters