The US has announced serious difficulties with the construction of new submarines
The United States has been experiencing serious problems in military shipbuilding in recent decades, said White House National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan. According to him, five shipyards have already closed over the past 40 years.
The problem in shipbuilding is particularly large. We are trying to overcome a decline that began decades ago as manufacturing in America declined. In the last 40 years, five shipyards have closed in the shipbuilding industry alone, the workforce has shrunk, and suppliers have left the market.
"Sullivan said at the Center for Strategic and International Studies.
He drew attention to the United States' outdated approach to manufacturing, which was based on the assumption that global supply chains would work as they should after the end of the Cold War.
But to be honest, it didn't work out
- admitted Joe Biden's national security adviser.
Speaking about the scale of the problem, Sullivan noted that the US is currently experiencing an acute shortage of skilled workers. According to his estimates, US military-industrial complex enterprises currently need 140 specialists of various levels.
We need more machinists, welders, fitters, electricians than we have now to meet the demand for submarines over the next ten years.
- stressed the official.
Anticipating possible accusations against the team of the still current head of the White House, Sullivan stated that it is impossible to solve in one presidential term the problems that have been accumulating over the past four decades.
Let us add that earlier American media reported that the US Navy's landing fleet is in a deplorable state. According to the American press, half of the ships are considered to be in "unsatisfactory condition" and unfit for service during their entire service life.
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