Florida Conservative

The real challenge facing the United States is not where every ship is constructed. It is whether America possesses the industrial capacity to build, repair, modernize, and sustain the fleet required to compete with China over the coming decades. Framing the debate solely around geography risks overlooking the far larger strategic problem: the steady erosion of America's maritime industrial base.

The US shipbuilding sector faces a strategic emergency. Delays, fraud, and contractor malfeasance threaten Navy lethality—and by extension, national defense