The United States builds its most advanced warships in a small number of highly specialized shipyards, and for a long time, that has worked. After all, the United States has been the dominant global naval force for decades, with no country even coming close in terms of technical capability and reach.
Times, however, are changing. China builds ships across an industrial base spanning hundreds of facilities, many of which can support military production if required. That imbalance is becoming an increasingly obvious problem that the United States may soon need to address.
For years, the debate has focused on Chinese anti-ship missiles and “carrier killers,” part of Beijing’s anti-access/area denial (A2/AD) strategy designed to push U.S. forces away from its coastline. But that strategy is evolving, having served as an effective way of protecting the country while it builds its own infrastructure and plans for the future.
A growing body of analysis now suggests that the big consequential issue here is not necessarily whether American ships can survive strikes from Chinese assets using long-range, anti-ship weapons, but whether the United States can build and sustain its fleet over time, as China is clearly preparing to do.
7 vs. HundredsThe United States has seven primary shipyards capable of producing large and deep-draft vessels for the U.S. Navy and Coast Guard.
While there are more than 150 private shipyards across the U.S., only a handful are capable of building major combatants and large vessels for the U.S. Navy. Shipbuilding is really concentrated in a handful of major yards – primarily Huntington Ingalls Industries and General Dynamics facilities – alongside four public naval shipyards that are focused primarily on maintenance rather than new construction. The yards are highly specialized, particularly for nuclear-powered vessels like aircraft carriers and submarines.
The U.S. Office of Naval Intelligence (ONI) briefing slide began circulating publicly in July 2023, after images of the slide were published online and picked up by defense outlets. The slide itself appears to have been part of an unclassified briefing titled “PLAN vs. USN Naval Force Laydown.”
The disparity is not, then, only about how many ships each country is building today. The problem is that China’s industrial capacity is much larger than that of the United States, and it could – at some point in the future – prove capable of rapidly building and fielding a fleet of vessels even larger than it currently does.
Destroyers, for example, can take five years or more to build, while nuclear-powered submarines often face delays tied to supply chain constraints and workforce shortages. And then there’s the matter of maintenance.
At any given time, a significant portion of the U.S. submarine fleet is unavailable due to delays in shipyard maintenance cycles. A 2023 analysis found that roughly 40% of U.S. attack submarines have been idle at points due to maintenance backlogs – a direct result of limited yard capacity and workforce constraints.
(THE GERALD R FORD CARRIER WAS VERY BRIEFLY NEAR ISRAEL. IT WILL BE GOING TO DRY DOCK REPAIR FOR 14 MONTHS.)
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Shock New Evidence Showing No Link Between CO2 and Temperature Over Last Three Million Years Stumps Net Zero Activists
The climate science world (‘settled’ division) is in shock following the discovery in ancient ice cores that levels of carbon dioxide remained stable as the world plunged into an ice age around 2.7 million years ago. Levels of CO2 at around 250 parts per million (ppm) were said to be lower than often assumed with just a 20 ppm movement recorded for the following near three million-year period. In addition, no changes in methane levels were seen in the entire period. Massive decreases in temperature with occasional interglacial rises appear to have occurred without troubling ‘greenhouse’ gas levels, and this revelation has caused near panic in activist circles.
The assumed level three million years ago of CO2 was around 400 ppm, a convenient mark that has been used to explain the subsequent ice age and a drop to 250 ppm. Due to the recently published paper, this explanation has become more problematic and natural climate variation is correctly noted to have occurred with the temperature changes. Alas, similar explanations are mostly ignored in discussing today’s climate changes in the interests of promoting the Net Zero fantasy. Some cling desperately to a dominant CO2 role, including one of the authors of the findings published in Nature. The co-author states that the results suggest even greater climate sensitivity to the warming effect of CO2. In short, there is a great deal of applying the laws of physics and chemistry to one era, but failing to extend the same courtesy to another.
https://dailysceptic.org/2026/03/25/shock-new-evidence-showing-no-link-between-co2-and-temperature-over-last-three-million-years-stumps-net-zero-activists/
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Donald Trump says negotiations underway. Tehran says Trump is negotiating with himself
https://citizenwatchreport.com/donald-trump-says-negotiations-underway-tehran-says-trump-is-negotiating-with-himself/
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Severe Shortages Of Oil And Gas Are Beginning To Happen All Over The World
https://citizenwatchreport.com/severe-shortages-of-oil-and-gas-are-beginning-to-happen-all-over-the-world/
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“Stop crying. You weren’t crying when you robbed people”
Watch https://x.com/i/status/2035862212376465633
https://citizenwatchreport.com/stop-crying-you-werent-crying-when-you-robbed-people/
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Elon Musk This is insane
A (Black) Seattle man who shot and killed an eight-month pregnant Korean-American woman and nearly killed her husband when they were driving to work has been found not guilty by reason of insanity.
Cordell Goosby murdered Elina Kwon and her unborn baby in June 2023
https://citizenwatchreport.com/elon-musk-this-is-insane/
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Final humiliation for disgraced Black Lives Matter activist hailed as 'Bostonian of the Year' before her scams were unearthed
A former Boston community organizer and Black Lives Matter activist has been ordered by a federal judge to repay more than $224,000 after pleading guilty to charges related to misusing money donated to her now-defunct charity.
Monica Cannon-Grant, who gained notoriety during the widespread BLM protests in 2020, will pay a sum of $224,063 to the government, according to an order from District Court Judge Angel Kelley.
The forfeiture amount was calculated based on funds the 44-year-old admitted to fraudulently obtaining.
They included about $181,000 in donations to her nonprofit Violence in Boston, roughly $33,000 in pandemic unemployment benefits and approximately $12,600 in rental assistance.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15674623/black-lives-matter-monica-cannon-grant-fined-sentencing.html
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Fraudster gets 8 years in $57M Holocaust scheme
A former administrator at the New York nonprofit that distributes German reparations to Holocaust survivors was sentenced to eight years behind bars on Monday for running a $57 million fraud that used Russian immigrants to pose as victims of the Nazis.
Semen Domnitser, 55, of Brooklyn, was also sentenced by Manhattan federal Judge Thomas Griesa to three years of supervised release and ordered to forfeit $59,230 and pay $57.3 million in restitution.
A Manhattan jury in May convicted Domnitser and two accomplices of conspiracy and mail fraud for swindling the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.
https://nypost.com/2013/11/04/fraudster-gets-8-years-in-57m-holocaust-scheme/
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Former FBI employee just EXPOSED everything.
I hope he's safe. Just repost this. Don't be afraid.
Watch https://x.com/i/status/2036315025648877643
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This 15 minute video is the reason why a major false flag attack is likely to fail.
Since its release in 2011, it’s been seen by millions.
Now too many people are watching for a “Pearl Harbor” event.
The intel agencies won’t get away with it so easily this time.
Watch https://x.com/i/status/2036275468949959017
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Trump openly confesses to systematically assassinating the entire Iranian leadership. He brags about killing the first group and then murdering the replacements. This is state sponsored terrorism and illegal regime change broadcasted live.
Watch https://x.com/i/status/2036519833773187214
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CNN's Christiane Amanpour exposes Trump's massive lie. She confirms the White House admits off the record that "peace talks" with Iran are completely fake. Iran is calling it fake news and accusing Trump of just trying to manipulate the stock market.
Watch https://twitter.com/i/status/2036552810351702384
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"I believe that banking institutions are more dangerous to our liberties than standing armies. If the American people ever allow private banks to control the issue of their currency, first by inflation, then by deflation, the banks and corporations that will grow up around the banks will deprive the people of all property - until their children wake-up homeless on the continent their fathers conquered." -- Thomas Jefferson
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IRGC launches wave 79 of Operation True Promise 4, targets US bases
The Islamic Revolution Guard Corps (IRGC) announced that it had launched wave 79 of Operation True Promise 4, targeting “Israel” and US military bases across the region.
According to the IRGC statement, the operation specifically targeted satellite reception stations in Eilat, which are used by the Israeli occupation forces.
https://staging-en.almayadeen.net/news/politics/irgc-launches-wave-79-of-operation-true-promise-4--targets-u
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Iran Rejects US Proposed Ceasefire, Counters With 5 Conditions For Ending War, As US Troops En Route
Iran Issues Its 5 Conditions for Ending the WarIran lays out five specific conditions under which Iran would agree to end the war, via PressTV. These include:
1. A complete halt to "aggression and assassinations" by the enemy.
2. The establishment of concrete mechanisms to ensure that the war is not reimposed on the Islamic Republic.
3. Guaranteed and clearly defined payment of war damages and reparations.
4. The conclusion of the war across all fronts and for all resistance groups involved throughout the region
5. International recognition and guarantees regarding Iran's sovereign right to exercise authority over the Strait of Hormuz.
State media says that upon reviewing the 15 points from the US delivered via the Pakistanis, they must be rejected as they are "excessive". CNN is reporting Wednesday that Trump admin officials are working to arrange a meeting in Pakistan this weekend to seek out an offramp to the war, according to senior officials, but the timing remains fluid. Which side is actually in the driver's seat here?
Iran Rejects US Ceasefire Draft Deal: "Illogical"Confusion reigns over diplomacy as Pakistan reportedly relays Washington's ceasefire terms to Iran. "A document given to Pakistan by the Trump administration has been presented to the Iranians," according to Al Jazeera. An alleged early draft can be viewed here.
Iran's Fars citing informed source on ceasefire Wednesday: Iran Does Not Accept Ceasefire, Says US Talks Illogical: Fars. The statement says that talks are not viable in current conditions. Oil jumps on the headline:
Reports say Iran again targeted Israel's largest power plant in Hadera
Watch: https://twitter.com/i/status/2036732744936677469
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Minnesota Election Judge PLEADS GUILTY to Letting Unregistered Voters Cast Ballots in 2024 Election
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2026/03/minnesota-election-judge-pleads-guilty-letting-unregistered-voters/
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Transgender Illegal Alien Who Raped 14-Year-Old Boy in NYC Bodega Bathroom Gets Sweetheart Plea Deal, May Walk Free on April 27 Unless ICE Deports
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2026/03/transgender-illegal-alien-who-raped-14-year-old/
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