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The US is upset that China is building ships too fast
(www.reuters.com)
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I think we might see China overtake the US's naval power sooner then people think. Ships don't last forever and large of percentage of the US's existing ships are aging, meanwhile practically all of China's current navy was built in the last 25 years with no signs of slowing down.
Edit: I looked it up and 7 out the 11 active US carriers were built before the collapse of the USSR, the newest being the Ford which was launched in 2009.
Also the dynamics are changing, it's no longer possible to keep carriers safe with stuff like hypersonic weapons in play.
I got out of the US navy 10 years ago and we were shittingbricks about the hypersonic missiles then, can't imagine it got better.
I can imagine planners in the navy are losing a lot of sleep over them.