If we want to float more boats in any reasonable timeframe, the answer is not developing a US workforce. It’s buying them from allies who already know how to build ships quickly at reasonable cost. Meanwhile, repeal the Jones Act and see if an internationally-competitive US shipbuilding industry can emerge from the ruins of a century of protection.
If we want to float more boats in any reasonable timeframe, the answer is not developing a US workforce. It’s buying them from allies who already know how to build ships quickly at reasonable cost. Meanwhile, repeal the Jones Act and see if an internationally-competitive US shipbuilding industry can emerge from the ruins of a century of protection.