Faced with a new shipbuilding… Pearl Harbour are the USAbut this time from China And not Japan.
This was stated by US Rembupus MP Roger Wyker at a hearing a competent Parliamentary Committee on Armed Forces. In this statement as a whole for the US Shipbuilding and Extermination Competition with China based today’s (16.9.2025) Reuters post.
Wiker said that a recent memorandum from the Naval Information Office indicates that “China’s shipbuilding capacity is over 230 times greater than ours (US) – I can’t believe that I say these words – 230 times greater in shipbuilding. “
But Wyker is not just that. He said more. In particular, the naval support of China and the shrinkage of the United States Navy leave their national defense as unprepared as it was in 1941.
‘While China reinforces its naval power, American administration at sea is increasingly in danger… This crisis is more than historical, “Wiker said. “We are as unprepared for a strategic surprise from China as our Pacific Fleet for a Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor’s Eve in 1941. We have to act. “
Specifically, Wiker described the need for significant investments in the industrial base of defense. He has strongly advocated the improvement of the availability of submarine construction and maintenance, especially in the light of the Australia -Britain – USA Agreement (AUKUS) on the sharing US technology of the US submarine technology. He also mentioned the ongoing challenges with surface ship repairs and the supply of amphibious warships.
«We should produce somewhere between 2.3 and 2.5 aggressive submarines per year to meet our own requirements As we apply Aukus, “Wicker said. “On the contrary, we have been limited to the construction of 1.2 aggressive submarines per year, compared to the required 2.3 to 2.5. The course backwards 2 per year is based on hopes and wishes. “
So far, we have not made progress for the statutory target of the 355 ships I proposed and who was signed in law six years ago, noted and added “now we know that we are told experts at the Ministry of Defense – both political and flag officials – that this number is over 355.”
According to Wyker, the story of the US aggressive submarines is as follows: a recent report has revealed that more than 1/3 of the Navy’s aggressive submarines are not available as they enter repair cycles – this is one -third of our offensive submarines.
“We should build about 2.3 to 2.5 offensive underwater per year to meet our own needs as we apply Aukus. Instead, the US has been limited to the construction of 1.2 aggressive submarines per year, compared to the required 2.3 to 2.5. The course backwards 2 per year is based on hopes and wishes, he said. “
“This crisis is more than historical. We are as unprepared for a strategic surprise from China as our Pacific fleet was for a Japanese attack on the eve of Pearl Harbor in 1941. We have to act, “said Wiker MP.