The next naval war may be decided not by the ship that looks the most impressive, but by the side that can lose ships and keep fighting.
The Defiant is clearly intended to be a tool of statecraft, a physical manifestation of American resolve reminiscent of the Great White Fleet of the early 20th Century.
The Trump administration’s drive to revive domestic shipbuilding is admirable, but the plan calls for 250,000 new workers to be recruited in the next decade, a figure that is unlikely to be achieved
https://www.navylookout.com/the-strategic-logic-and-industrial-peril-of-trumps-battleship-plan-for-the-us-navy/
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