‘We used to make so many ships. We don’t make them anymore very much, but we’re going to make them very fast, very soon.”
That’s what President Trump said when he issued his executive order to restore America’s maritime dominance. Many in Congress have voiced their support, but there’s a major problem: The budget doesn’t reflect it. Unless lawmakers make big changes or pursue a separate naval act with large block buys of warships, they will fail to send the required demand signal to the shipbuilding industry.
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