According to reference news reports, a recent news broadcast by Hong Kong's Asia Times was hot, saying that the US Navy is in trouble! The maintenance of ships is dragged and dragged, and the design idea is still stuck in the last century, and it is even more difficult to compete with the high-speed giant ship of our Chinese Navy!
The US government's own "accountability bureau" has spoken, saying that many shipyards are empty, but ship maintenance is like squeezing toothpaste, and less than 40 percent of them are done on time. This problem of slow maintenance is ranked first among the headaches of the US military, second only to the maintenance of the F-35 stealth fighter that burns money like water.
The Navy originally wanted to carry out a "shipyard makeover" plan, but as a result, it was like a renovation project that had not been settled, and it was unclear where the money would be spent and when it would be completed. No, we have to work hand in hand with the shipyard, work together, increase manpower training, and look at the problem with a long-term vision, but in the end, I am still as anxious as an ant on a hot pot, and the matter of ship maintenance is burning my eyebrows!
Let's talk about the design part, the U.S. Navy's ship design process is simply "snail climbing the Great Wall", slow and unreliable. Now in this world, the change is as fast as turning a book, and the commercial shipyards pay attention to "short, flat and fast", and as soon as the demand comes, the new ship will be launched. But what about the U.S. Navy, which is still slowly drawing drawings there, and the cost, time, and performance are not accurate.
What is even more worrying is that the US Navy is lagging behind more than a star and a half in this area in this area with high technology. People are building ships for civilian use, digital twins, augmented reality and other new things are playing slippery, and the navy is still competing with 2D drawings, and it can't even get the data of a digital model.
There is also a big problem, the Pentagon is enthusiastic about new things such as unmanned ships, but it can move slowly. You see, Ukraine and the Houthis have made a big move with unmanned boats, and the Pentagon has reacted, but a lot of money is still thrown at those big guys, and the budgets for small ships and unmanned boats will be reduced?
According to the Hong Kong media, if the US Navy wants not to be left behind by us, it must change from the roots, repair ships quickly, design new ones, and catch up with the trend in technology. Otherwise, we will steal the limelight on this sea! Ladies and gentlemen, do you think what the Hong Kong media said is right? If you have any unique views on this matter, please feel free to speak in the comment area.