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Re:What happened to the US machine tool industry? by wolverine876 on Friday January 19, 2024 @12:02AM (#39051744)
Also, number of ships doesn't mean too much. I could buy 1,000 canoes. And tonnage only means a bit more - there is plenty of tonnage in old ships rusting at docks.

Naval power isn't easily measured with statistics. The capabilities of a single US 100,000 ton aircraft carrier overwhelms entire fleets, unless their capabilities include long-range anti-ship missiles or submarines. Then adding tonnage won't help the US; they need capabilities to counter those two threats.

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Re:What happened to the US machine tool industry? by bmitc on Friday January 19, 2024 @05:12AM (#39053709)
You should look into it. I wasn't referring to canoes. Even then, you're wrong. Number of ships and ability to replace ships correlates to wins in times of conflict.
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Re:What happened to the US machine tool industry? by wolverine876 on Friday January 19, 2024 @10:54AM (#39056893)
I actually know it pretty well.

> Number of ships and ability to replace ships correlates to wins in times of conflict.

Do you happen to remember a source for that? I'd be interested.

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