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US Leans on Shipbuilding Prowess of Allies to Compete With China
- South Korea’s Hanwha at center of US efforts to rebuild navy
- Japan, South Korea are world’s top shipbuilders outside China
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In any high-stakes military conflict with China, the US Navy will be critical to winning. But America’s shipbuilding industry is far from able to support what the Navy needs.