But China today builds over 1700 ships a year. We build about five. They're all military ships. We had At the start of the century, we had twice as many warships as China. China passed us in 2021. That gap is continuing to expand. China has one shipyard that will fit every American shipyard in it. That's crazy. Put a little bit more context on the 1700 versus 5. (07:52–07:59)
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Asserts that the U.S. had twice as many warships as China at the start of the century, but China surpassed the U.S. in 2021.
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