China's naval fleet is growing and the US 'can't keep up' with the warship buildup as Beijing uses its sea power to project an 'increasingly aggressive military posture globally,' Navy Secretary warns

Submitted by Dave Hodges on Thursday, February 23, 2023 - 15:13.

US Navy Secretary Carlos Del Toro voiced concern in remarks on Wednesday
Said China has 340 active warships, compared to about 280 for the US Navy
Claimed US naval shipyards can't match the output of Chinese ones

The US Secretary of the Navy has raised the alarm that China's naval fleet surpasses America's in number of ships, and is growing faster than the US has current capacity to match.

'It is no secret that the People's Republic of China seeks to upend our dominance on the oceans across the globe,' said Navy Secretary Carlos Del Toro in remarks at the National Press Club in Washington DC on Wednesday.

Del Toro said that China's navy has recently added over one hundred combatants to its fleet, calling it 'a naval buildup that is a key component of its increasingly aggressive military posture globally.'

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Mister, Can You Spare A Trillion?

Jeff Martin Thu, 02/23/2023 - 19:47

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One can look at this as a scare tactic by DOD to beg for more money - $1 trillion? $1.5 trillion annually? Strip the rest of American's wealth to keep the billionaires happy? Spend more money on weapon systems that don't work? More arms for Ukraine? More summer homes for military-industrial complex contractors? Don't forget the bogeyman the Soviet Union, er, ISIS, er, al-Qaeda, er, those pesky Russians...