John Phelan: “Every ship [China builds] is dual use. It can be converted…”

“… to reinvigorate the maritime industrial base was through military sealift ships, oilers, tankers, support ships, ships that have dual use, both commercial and and military. In that 1700, the Chinese, Every ship [China builds] is dual use. It can be converted to military very quickly or not, and stay commercial. So one of the ways, because the gap in commercial shipbuilding costs is too big, was to do it through military sea lift ships and let them earn some margin, get some more skills, get the workforce, make it cool again to build ships.” (08:57–09:05)

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