The US Navy wants to build thousands of drones to counter China. Nobody wants to build them.

The US Navy is seeking contractors to build thousands of low-cost unmanned drones to counter China's dominance in these technologies. But the military-industrial complex is committed to continue the focus on large, high-cost ships and submarines.
Despite the Navy's public insistence that unmanned drones and submersibles are a priority, it has made few capital commitments, especially long-term, to attract interest from shipbuilders. What's more, legacy shipbuilders for the Navy strongly prefer to make weapons systems according to the models that exist now, given profit margins and lack of capacity.
Resources and links:
Chinese shipbuilding capacity over 200 times greater than US, Navy intelligence says
www.foxnews.com/world/chinese...
Active aircraft carriers, by country
www.visualcapitalist.com/visu...
Insight: Sea drone warfare has arrived. The U.S. is floundering.
www.reuters.com/business/aero...
Houthi fight extracts heavy cost from Pentagon
thehill.com/policy/defense/45...
3 U.S. MQ-9 Reaper drones, worth about $30 million each, have crashed in Yemen since November
www.cbsnews.com/news/3-u-s-mq...

[@thewackymonkey920]

China has millions of STEM graduates yearly, and the US has millions of undecided genders yearly.

[@peterlim1972]

@@HarlanK The Chinese are returning to China even those that was born in the US as they are not treated well. It's a racist policy. Young Chinese may stay and work to learn and gain experiences but ultimately they return to China. The US economy is also not very rosy today while China is still growing.

[@melvinbarnett1910]

😂😂😂 faaacts

[@peterlim1972]

@@melvinbarnett1910 A one liner wonder. 🤣🤣

[@kenw.4539]

The US has millions of lawyers who run our government at all levels, Federal, State, local.

[@Feibie]

Parasitic ​@@kenw.4539

[@abrarabbaby]

America will probably ask China to manufacture all those drones for them 😂😂😂😂

[@josephdewuhan]

Just like all the MAGA labels, hats, shirts, and flags are made in evil Chyna.

[@cool-eye3674]

That's over-capacity at its best.

[@adamiskandar5107]

Aren't they worried that the drones will self-destruct at the critical moment?

[@hc1897]

Maybe not the actual assembling, but from the parts + material point of view, it already is.

[@michaelfung4629]

They'll definately do that!

[@peterlim1972]

China peobably has millions of drones and the Chinese drones are way better and cheaper. China's DJI is the world largest producer of commercial drones and supplies 70% of these drones to the world. Countries have been tinkering with these drones to make them into weapons. They're cheap and good and is even better than US military drones.

[@gelinrefira]

China is likely also going to be the first navy to field the world's first drone carrier.

[@Rudyjosephjr]

​@@gelinrefirareminds me of Protoss swarm fleet

[@leonardpearlman4017]

Yeah, it looks like it's a Drone INDUSTRY in China! If we produce thousands, why wouldn't they ramp up integrated giant factories and produce MILLIONS? Let's not go there. WE started this little technological revolution, were in the lead for awhile and felt very clever about it... now it's turned on us, and we're going to see if we can't make it WORSE?

[@turtlesoup8134]

@@gelinrefira The drone carrier is probably a submersible. Otherwise, the large aircraft carriers and amphibious landing ships will carry the long range large drones.

[@danielb7253]

Chinese drones use western made chips.

[@brianliew5901]

China can produced 30 million cars annually and drones is just a piece of cake. Never ever stir a locust nest unnecessarily.

[@ramonching7772]

Agree. That's what the US did to Russia with Ukraine. They are now in a quandary of how to avoid surrendering and save face. 😂😂😂

[@cb250nighthawk3]

Using the Filipino idiots 😂😂😂

[@hanmi1216]

​@@ramonching7772they don't have to save face, they don't have any 😅😅😅😅

[@davidwoon6402]

I believe you meant 'hornets' and not locusts.. right?! The ones with the venomous stings that buzzzzz around like crazyyyy when it spot unfriendly personnel! Well.., 🇺🇸 is definitely unfriendly..! 😅😂

[@brianliew5901]

@@davidwoon6402 Locusts are more numerous and more devastating, leaving nothing untouched.

[@polysporin8332]

US thousands of drones vs. China millions of drones. Hmmm 🤔

[@seymorefact4333]

you mean BILLIONS OF DRONES!

[@brianliew5901]

More than half of the thousands US drones were made in China.😂😂😂😂😂

[@antwango]

its more like tens of drones versus millions!!

[@monipenny408]

China produces a full EV every few seconds, drones would be a piece of cake.

[@michaelmarchal4004]

Haha, If the USA can do it imagine how much China can build. 😅😅😅

[@Cheesecake99YearsAgo]

Arouns 200x in volume 😂

[@topsuperseven7910]

Much less without high end chips and 10x less wealth than the USA.

[@couthelloworld]

@@topsuperseven7910 high end chips doesn't need on drones that explode.

[@topsuperseven7910]

@@couthelloworld maybe but youre going to want them on them on the long distance remote controllers and all the systems to run them as well as these facilities that will mass produce them... until US high end chip missiles obliterate them.

[@oberstleutnant787]

That's why USa accuse China of "over capacity"

[@user-oi5to6zy5l]

I'd be so depressed if I was pro American.

[@Ludak021]

I think you wouldn't give a rats as$ about any of this...for now

[@jazening3075]

It’s actually not the American Citizens that is the issue or problem. It’s the American Government that is the problem. I refused to Vote because of that matter but the majority of the people here in America are quite pleasant but some do feel a sense of superiority because they are Anglo-Saxon Caucasian, European descendants. Ooh, yeah - they also feel that they are titled & privileged because they are White Americans, which is disturbing and those are the Racist White Americans. I just stay far away from those kinds of people.👍🙂

[@antwango]

you'd be dowsing yourself and burning either yourself or your uniform in public with no one caring! says alot about the US and West!!! theres no comparison with any other country on the globe right now making these sorts of statements and the media not reporting on any of this BS!!!

[@Airbender-kl7cu]

🤣🤣

[@andrewlim7751]

Nah, the true Americans are trying to redefine the free speech, they're doing a good job, whom would have thought they can reconstruct their First Amendment. 😁😁

[@mijmijrm]

i think it's probably a good thing that the most belligerent are the worst at making weapons.

[@shaundudley4576]

Lovely Thought

[@josephdewuhan]

Never thought of that. But a good point to convince the public so that they demand their rulers behave less belligerent.

[@timothyrockwell2638]

Of course, they are literally poorly educated barbarians whose entire economic system and foreign policy is based on exploitation, and in the words of Trump's former director of CIA and Secretary of the State Dept, "We lied, we cheated, we stole, we had entire training courses. It reminds you of the glory of the American experiment."

[@amandagrant4331]

As far as I know, US drones are very expensive. This is also the reason why Chinese, Turkish and Iranian drones have been put into war in Ukraine.

[@tangbesitangbesi7009]

Not only expensive, there are reports that they tend to drop out of the sky half way to their targets

[@user-qu8zq2ve7x]

China does not sell UAVs for war, Russia and Ukraine each buy DJI from other countries and send it to the battlefield, which has nothing to do with China. They will also go to Shenzhen to buy parts for drones and assemble them themselves, but these are legitimate civilian products, and we can't restrict the flow of these drones.

[@yaelz6043]

At a guess they are overengineered like the rest of America's arsenal.

[@hongkongchina2048]

How much did you spend to shoot down the weather balloons? 🎈

[@dice138]

I heard from the news back then. They used the sidewinder missiles to shoot down the weather balloon. About a million each. They used about 3 or 4 of them. The balloon cost less than $1000 on Taobao.😂

[@benjaminnguyen554]

@@dice138 lol

[@danielli9167]

What happen is it were 5k drones in formation?

[@saynotowars]

When the United States shot down the Chinese spy balloon intending to showcase its prowess, the opposite happened. Instead, the U.S. was ridiculed for spending millions of dollars to shoot down a balloon worth only a few thousand dollars, which could be purchased on Amazon or Alibaba.😂😂😂

[@cb250nighthawk3]

​@@danielli9167 Biden and Trump would disappear into their business class bunkers. 🤣

[@roddiechan]

US keeps talking about going to wars. Why don't they try world peace talk for a change. Ooops, the MIC will be unemployed n their pockets will be empty😂😂

[@luisanthonychau]

It is more than MIC. It is the survival of USD; hence, the survival of US regime.

[@litesp]

@@luisanthonychau The USD is threatened by US policy. Sanctions, weaponizing the USD, theft of national assets are backfiring.

[@bertanelson8062]

Exactly.

[@tonywatt3281]

If you ever watched the Chinese New Year drone show every year since the debut of drone shows at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, how the performance dazzles, you should be able to conclude their Military will certainly be more innovative and impressive.

[@zomplak]

key word of the day is "CHEAPER but not CHINA" 1 country investing for scientist and engineer while the other invest on racist and lobbyist

[@kenw.4539]

The Chinese are not allowed to succeed unless they are under the West's total domination like the Japanese and South Koreans. It makes the white people uncomfortable and angry as that's a challenge to their imperialism and colonialism.

[@jacquelineperet6599]

💯✅️💯✅️

[@frankm6218]

and MAGAs.

[@andrewlim7751]

And lawyers.....tins of lawyers.

[@kiplinghu]

China Chongqing motor bike manufacturer can shift into Drone factory at the production rate of 1 million drones per year in war time. And that is only based on its current production rate; such number can be increased to 2 millions/y by working 24/7, and expanding its unused facilities.

[@leonardpearlman4017]

This is (something like) what I'm always saying! It seems obvious that in China there's co-ordination in advance for war production! I bet they have long since decided what they're going to do when the time comes, in detail, and the plans are probably kept up to date. America out-produced its rivals in WWII, this story is familiar to everyone. Not so familiar is the idea that we will BE out-produced this time, and be on the other end of that stick as we say.

[@hanmi1216]

And that's only 1 bike manufacturer in 1 city. If they enter a war time economy, imagine how much they can produce in a year? Since they are the factory of the world with "overcapacity"

[@antwango]

China has AI controlled and robotic manufacturing and massive 3D printing giga factories or whatever lol!!! This is the reason the US and the West uses China as a manufacturer! China is super efficient, super fast! good luck to india or anybody else trying to follow in the shadows of China as a manufacturer! the drop off is immense!

[@trekpac2]

Yes, the Chinese have astounding ability to refit quickly to change production lines ad finitum. But the West does not.

[@ZweiZwolf]

@@leonardpearlman4017 Chinese manufacturing is extremely agile, and can modify or stand up new product lines much faster than any other country, especially America. We saw this during Covid when they suddenly shifted to mass production of PPE and built 2 hospitals in as many months. If you are that quick, you don't need such hard plans in place, you simply switch to what's needed.

[@TAL142]

This Sputnik moment is different. China is sole superpower in manufacturing. Nobody can out manufacture China. They have the entire supply chain. The reason China is not building hundreds of warships is because they don’t want their ship building relying solely on military spending like US did. Basically US ship building and steel industries went out of business when there were no more government military spending. China wants to build ships for economic growth and dual use. The goal is to build enough warships to defend but avoid over expanding. This way they can build newer warships constantly to replace older warships with newer and better warships.

[@CraigTheBrute-yf7no]

Yemen is building underground drone bases with cheap chinese AI chips

[@user-gb5qd6mp5x]

The large-scale industrialization of drones. The cost of starting a war is very low, and one million US dollars is enough to start a war, which is thanks to China's industrial revolution

[@user-ed9so2rb4k]

Talking about Yemen, isn't this nation among the poorest of the Arab nations? And yet, they could prevent the might of NATO from using the Suez Canal. Why is the might of the US unable to stop this threat? Obviously, there is a lot of explanation. The US military leadership thought high priced products are superior? If such quality is the yardstick, it is obvious the real value of US industrial complexes are definitely over-priced by too many folds!

[@tomiputra3720]

1 US drone equal the prices 1000 -10.000 Chinese drones 😅

[@mileszhang5773]

and the chinese drones are better

[@peterlim1972]

Three of the most expensive US drones whose name I can't remember was taken down by the Houthis.Each drone cost $30 million. It makes me wonder how the US, the UK etc can win in a war with China when they can't even defeat the Houthis?

[@sword7872]

Its a good thing that the expensive weapons are not the winners in a war. This is the best kind of human progress where the $200 weapon can destroy a $2m weapon.

[@adamiskandar5107]

Before this, the hegemon was the sole heavyweight champion with no challengers. Someone pls tell the hegemon that the law of the jungle no longer applies and it need to abide by the rules of civilization.

[@bemmychan1518]

That's actually good for MIC business. If the US weapons are cheap, they would need trillion units to make it worthwhile for the MIC. 😂😂😂😂

[@Dordord]

32 ASAE radars on the Fujian carrier are waiting for those drones😂😂😂

[@mileszhang5773]

not fujian carrier, there will be a new type of drone carrier

[@tompell3032]

The US military the biggest spender by far. Why? They are paying $90,000 for small steel bushings in a small ziploc bag (20 to 30 bushings in all),. Now you can undertand why.

[@kenw.4539]

That's just the tip of the iceberg. ALL the defense contractors have been doing that all the time for decades, stealing billions of dollars of precious US tax dollars not going to infrastructure or education or health care or housing and the politicians know about it and let them get away with it. Under Trump, the number of Pentagon inspector generals went way down even though everyone knew this is going on. It's literally like some kind of mafia, organized crime racket. That's not an understatement sadly.

[@keyser021]

Rep. Gaetz got Def. Sec. Austin to admit on camera that only 29% of ALL F35s produced are flyable, the other 71% are R&D mishaps. At $100 million per plane, think of the TRILLIONS and TRILLIONS and TRILLIONS of $ that is grifted and stolen from US tax payers, to get in return an F35 that is obsolete via drone swarms. Geniuses running the grift.

[@beegonee]

And still imported from china..😅

[@tompell3032]

@@beegonee pay the chinese $10, then resell to uncle SAM for $90,000.

[@bemmychan1518]

And don't forget the cost of toilets and screws and nuts! They are super high quality and super expensive. 😂😂😂😂

[@raymondtay9442]

Capt America will sanction the drones and all will fall into the sea!

[@rontsang4308]

Hollywood needs these ships for movie props. How are they going to make Tom looks cool without those aircraft carriers?

[@siewkonsum7291]

The Chinese can do the same. Their standby stock of all kinds of drones that can convert to military purposes is 200 millions units at any time. 😊

[@wimbletone1]

Dumb vs Dumb UsA is so Not awinner anymore

[@TrollogyExpert]

The US navy is not shooting down drones with $2mil missile, that would be very dangerous because there is no such thing as 100% interception rate, they need to fire 2 $2mil missiles per drone.

[@hanmi1216]

Well, when they shoot down a balloon they indeed need 2 missiles, because the first 1 is missed. A drone is faster than a balloon, I guess they're missed a lot.

[@trekpac2]

The US has been shooting down some cheap drones with expensive missiles.

[@tangbesitangbesi7009]

Couldn't agree more with you

[@cool-eye3674]

"Cheap" might be a dirty word in the MIC circle. They probably don't care much about casualties in action, or the actual effectiveness of the equipment they built. All they want is money. It's a shameful culture. The US will continue to spend more on defense (in fact, it's offense) budgets, while getting less from the money.

[@kenw.4539]

The Russians just destroyed 5 $10 million dollar M1 Abrams tanks in Ukraine in the past few days without much effort because they are supposedly exploiting a flaw in these tanks.

[@tangbesitangbesi7009]

Well said

[@litesp]

The US has the most expensive military in the world, not the most effective.

[@jsb8888]

ask Ukrainian why they prefer Chinese drone than fancy expensive US one. It is reliability. Boeing and US automakers are examples of poor quality US manufactures.

[@misty671]

We need to stop war mongering and focus on improving the lives of our citizens.

[@paulw4487]

US govt has given up on improving lives of Americans. On fact it will need to take things away like medicare....just to minimize the deficit.

[@bemmychan1518]

Well, the US government believes in killing off all the external competitors first before focusing on internal. Whereas the Chinese believes in strengthening internal first, before embarking on external. 😂😂😂😂

[@leoncioco3305]

The folly we embark, when we could just as easily cooperate and prosper together..

[@antwango]

yeeeah the entire world knows this its just the usual colonials who want to remain colonials!

[@user-ew5eh2co5p]

US’s 11 carriers is a number only. Most of these carriers are old and needs lots of services.

[@danielb7253]

Plz inform with facts. Not just generalizations. U ever serve?

[@michaelloong964]

Half of them are in the repair docks waiting for $90000 bushings.

[@UlyaGaniya]

They're likely floating coffins by today standard

[@hanmi1216]

​@@danielb7253you'll generalise if all the US products are like that. Just looked at Boeing. Or Chevrolet cars.... My dad's Chevrolet takes longer in the repair shop than in my house garage. Use 1 month then 3 months in the repair shop, and keep repeating....

[@willengel-vs8ht]

the most they can get underway is 3-4 at one time. the rule of thumb is 3-3-3. three underway, three in routine maintenance, 3 major overhaul.

[@alanbgtan]

Yes US & China are competing & US is spending more. But it cost $billions in USA just to build one whereas it cost few thousands of $ for China to do same. It’s not the same

[@lutherquick165]

You need to keep this format - your 18,000 subscribers should be 18,000,000 - keep at this. Great work. I love the short video format.

[@SteveBurg2001]

Giant aircraft carriers don't seem viable in a modern war. They're mostly a jobs program in the US, and probably a nice juicy target for hypersonic drones.

[@hanmi1216]

The Jobs program is the number 2. Number 1 is the pocket of the lobbyist, MIC and politicians. The Jobs program is only a collateral that will be used during elections.

[@litesp]

Floating cemetery.

[@ZweiZwolf]

They're still very good for bullying small, weak countries. America loves to bully small, weak countries, so they still need carriers. For now.

[@georgepoitras3502]

The Hypersonic missiles that don't work and get shot down all of the time over Ukraine? Those hypersonic missiles? NO ONE CARES.

[@mrblurblur2003]

The only way for US Navy to be cost effective is to sit down and talk to the Chinese and forge a long term contract on building low cost drones. Now it is advised that the US Navy be humble and polite to the Chinese and they won't take kindly to rude officers such as Blinken did. Btw bring along your finest champagne 😂

[@teac117]

I always laughed in the game Civ when my aircraft carriers lost to enemy phalanx units. Who would have thought it was an accurate sim.

[@TanuKart]

imagine shooting a weather balloon for millions of dollars

[@wnklee6878]

Ruling the world is not what it used to be.

[@conybrown991]

Never thought about building thousands drone is a topic.

[@stevenpreston5619]

30 million for a reaper drone, which really only cost 1 million to make.......no wonder U.S has the largest spending on weapons ( ALL overpriced by 20 - 100 times )...Sick😢

[@andrewlim7751]

A mug that cost 1,280, 6 goats cost 2 millions, stretcher that cost ....

[@andrewlim7751]

The American taxpayers are paying all these nonsense, and it's middle class that made up of the big chunk of tax paying....if you're rich enough, you don't pay tax but pay the lobbyists.

[@yingxu7908]

Thank you Kevin have fun🎉🎉🎉加油👏

[@trekpac2]

Kevin, your analyses are extremely well done, factual, connected to top news sources. Who ARE you!? I’d like to know more about you, broadcasting prolifically from a different city in China every day.

[@user-nz8wm2ct4n]

An out of the box suggestion: Out-source the lot to China - China could build for the US navy cheaper, faster and better. What is there not to like?😁

[@cool-eye3674]

There is a problem. Chinese manufacturers can't get hold of (American made) chips and batteries to put into American drones. The user manuals will be in Chinese language.

[@user-nz8wm2ct4n]

@@cool-eye3674 No problem. Just use Chinese chips and batteries which are far better. They can be debugged to eliminate back-channels and spywares. The user manuals? Even less of a problem. No user manuals now. An AI algo could be used to communicate/speak and exhibit in any language. Even explain in simple English for the slow-minded.😁

[@adamiskandar5107]

@@user-nz8wm2ct4n Too late. They may have banned DJI first, but now the Chinese government are controlling the export of 'strategic materials/products' to unfriendly foreigners. Even if the US government were to beg them to 'recouple', they would likely think twice. Trust once lost would take a long time to rebuild.

[@JustianoHolguin]

​@@user-nz8wm2ct4n The real issue, politicians and protectionism for their homemade, expensive electronics.

[@IwanSetiawan-cc4ft]

@@user-nz8wm2ct4n exactly

[@Kenny-vd5cw]

productivity was is and always will be the key.

[@CK-jo9im]

I am an African, I think what the US only best is weapons, weapons and weapons. Nothing good for humanity, not so?

[@ButchCassidyAndSundanceKid]

I remember when the U.S. shot down the Chinese "spy" balloon, it used an AIM-9X Sidewinder fired by the F-22 Raptor, the balloon probably cost the Chinese peanuts to make. The Chinese must be laughing.

[@dsc0273]

Thanks Kevin

[@user-iv2px8eb1e]

When you have a thousand they are will has a ten thousands, don't forget they're world factory

[@DingoHammer]

I think a US admiral once said that there are two types of ships, submarines and targets.

[@cb250nighthawk3]

I think he said "submarines and sitting ducks" 😂😂😂

[@UlyaGaniya]

Wait until chinese underwater drones revealed, all will be target

[@hocyrusgreat9324]

First millennium is about individualism. Second millennium is about cooperation.

[@weewahgan6922]

Thanks for the brief.

[@scott331]

So, the Clone wars has begun 😂😂 Next 3, RoboCop, then the X-Wing fighter, and Millennium Falcon😂😂

[@markkierznowski6121]

China already has robot soldiers and robot dogs.

[@yaoypl]

The US Air Force pays $90,000 for a package of bushings that normally costs well under $100 🤣🤣🤣

[@willsteiner8021]

Amazing

[@CattleFarmer667]

Why not? A bag bushing cost USD90k for US army. I'm sure someone can make lots of money making drone for US.

[@benjaminnguyen554]

lol the rules of engagement are hilarious 😎

[@silversurfer8237]

The G.I. Joe movies showed lots of drone warfare in 2009 and 2013. One would have thought the US military would be extensively using drones in their operations. It sounds like the PLA are bigger fans of the G.I. Joe movies.

[@softde]

thank you Kevin for speaking the truth

[@ulooqulg]

They already built a dedicated UAV CARRIER , multiple UAV copter motherships... LoL.

[@Ace1000ks19751982]

China has a giant industrial capacity, I am sure they can build millions of drones while the US can build thousands of drones. LOL

[@jameskpaywilliams4865]

Chinese experts are are everywhere.

[@liamporter1137]

Thanks for sharing and surfacing the truth. 👏👍

[@davidhuynh5010]

A wise man. THEY need to listen to you.

[@DailyBeatings]

Modern warfare will be fought with drones, missiles, and AI. China has absolute advantage in two of these...

[@panyaboonc5621]

US should ask China to build for them.

[@yangtianyi9563]

The problem is our military drones are 10 times cheaper and 5 times better.

[@user-ej6sk1tu2u]

Thank you for your clear and slow English. Of course also for the content of your videos that explain many facts regarding the new rolle of China in the world, usually forgotten or misrepresented by the main stream media.

[@firstlast-pt5pp]

@5:22 - cheap and fast - that's the problem

[@Larkinchance]

Amid a public relations fan-fair, China introduced a new aircraft carrier. I suspect that it was just for show to set the US off on a ship building spree. This is old established technology and the carrier and the fighter jets that it carries are obsolete. I suspect that China is investing their energies in AI piloted drones that be launched in a synchronized swarm in addition to public relations traps for the US to step into. The most expensive and irreplaceable element in a jet fighter is the human pilot. In the end, when the US is gone, Taiwan will rejoin China because China will make it an attractive proposition. A sea-land invasion is "so old world"

[@kl9518]

Just like the Terracotta Army.

[@Realist-sh3dg]

According to Winston Churchill Generals and Admirals plan for the last war. The US is still planning and building for another WWII.

[@AIPretendingToBeHuman]

So US military spending is 10x of Russia's. Given the US's military track record against the Houthis, the Afghans, the Vietnamese, the North Koreans, it would be tough to argue we're getting our money's worth. What I'm really wondering is what the Chinese are getting for their military spending. They don't seem to be a wasteful people.

[@pgdog888]

America just talks alot now days. But nothing to show for. A legit paper tiger.

[@alko_xo]

Wait, are you saying that the F-35 is not a Wunderwaffe?!

[@davidrichards1741]

Haha, China could build them, for a tenth of the cost of the US with infinitely better quality

[@flagpole974]

There are 3 fitms just in central texas building small uas systems- i personally have built some of these systems as a precision welder

[@ayadealjanabi1544]

As always, another fantastic video. Fast becoming my goto channel for updates from the east 👍

[@JAREDPLY1]

China, Russia, Iran and NK are a defacto military alliance, 3 of the 4 have nuclear weapons and all have great military industrial capacity. The reason being is their government control, at an instant they can produce military equipment and ammunition that is cheaper and competent on the battlefield if war escalates. The US military can no longer rely on accuracy and better performing equipment if they are being destroyed by the sheer volume of drones and artillery, ships and missiles. The US MIC cannot compete, they just don't have enough capacity.

[@adamiskandar5107]

How I wish they realized that and rationally stop all their warmongering. Almost all military conflicts around the world would stop if the hegemon "convert their swords into plowshares".

[@hanmi1216]

"Rely on accuracy and better performing? " That's an oxymoron with the US military.... Accuracy? They can't even shoot down a balloon in the first shot using the so-called the best missile in the world.... Better performing? Just look at F35, never go to war but fall a lot....

[@ZweiZwolf]

Iran may have nuclear weapons, and should be treated as such. Having strong industrial base means that they don't need government control - they can pivot quickly simply by virtue of knowing how to build things efficiently.

[@bemmychan1518]

Meanwhile the US are destroying it's economy and dollars hegemony...

[@abstragento0087]

A opportunity to start building them by the state focused on quality instead of profit

[@davidlim5]

Kevin. US Navy no one building for them? Why? US can't pay!!!

[@martinwilby8942]

be good

[@davidaaa3523]

The US Navy can always buy Made-In-China at their local Toys-R-Us store

[@maggiechan33]

Appreciate your dry humor: "...we'll run out of money before the Houthis do".

[@donhuang9855]

That is a big mistake to make as you don’t compete on something where China has a distinct comparative advantage over the USA in this area, given that China can out manufacture weaponized drones in larger qualities, more cheaply, more advance technically, integrated with satellite-enabled real-time services, and embedded with anti-disruptive software.

[@xushenxin]

If it is lower cost, then it means defense contractors will get less money. This is not allowed to happen.

[@TheRealMcCoyAndChipsAhoy]

WAR WAR WAR....it's all they care about.. It's madness !

[@user-rr9rt9qj4k]

US cant even make enough face masks during covid19 pandemic.

[@keeism8504]

Just order from China factory. They will be happy to build for you.🤣😂

[@piay9647]

these era is retrofitting techs from early innovations adaptation

[@ZZZ-zl4mz]

Are they going to use China parts to build drones?😂

[@BarbarosGunes]

Yes, boeing, general dynamics or lockheed martin manufacture the drones, each for a few million dollars 😁

[@redeoghan]

They can't charge stupid amounts per drone without raising eyebrows.

[@wnklee6878]

The US wants to build back better.

[@alanfing639]

yep, im starting to see that,with good people like you, i guess we have to hit bottom , for a long time.that might be a good thing

[@tompell3032]

the Navy can always ask DJI to build them.

[@chaoskid1211]

Lol. Good luck Ghina. Meanwhile, you dont have 1 blue water naval ship. Lol

[@duileyah]

Maybe the US should ask China if they want to manufacture these drones for them.....I mean, they'ver asked for dumber shit.

[@raygan777able]

3M for a drone? Gosh. China can build 30 of the same with that.

[@bemmychan1518]

300 more like... 😂😂😂😂

[@kpakaify]

China is already building them.

[@user-br9oi2sh7o]

The US can ask its Favorite Allies India to hep producing it by giving them the Blue Print and the Indian will be far too happy to do that so they can make a copy and wouldn't worry about copy rights if the US wants to sue. That's a WIN-WIN situation, one gets the products at cheaper prices and the other can save time on research. Go ahead!

[@piay9647]

they're tasting their own meds... greedsowgreed

[@MrStevemur]

News articles often cite the number of aircraft carriers as though that measures the whole strength of a country's military. There'll be a whole article about the US and China tussling over Taiwan, and the military comparison will be just one statistic: the US has 11 aircraft carriers and China has 3.

[@wangleo6788]

航母的作战半径算400km，如果是台海战争，中国大陆距离台湾的一百多公里，可以认为中国有个上万平方公里的航母在台湾岛旁边。。。

[@ZweiZwolf]

The West still thinks it's WW2, when carriers ruled the seas. Admitting that carriers are useless against China would make them look bad.

[@user-vp6vf8wm2s]

Americans are always ahead, in talking, yaba yabi yab yab going nowhere