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In the last fewer weeks, it is possible to observe an different phenomenon with possibly immense implications for many countries of the world, including Poland. There's been quite a few talk lately about the production and supply of weapons, and the large amounts are coming together with the planes, rockets, various sizes of floating craft, tanks, helicopters, and so on, and so on. There are many things that are said in silence that are rather crucial in any way contrary to declarations.

On 12 January this year, the United States Department of defence published a paper entitled "National Defence manufacture Strategy" (https://www.businessdefense.gov/docs/dis/2023-NDIS.pdf This 59-page paper calls for a consolidation of efforts to build a production facility in the United States capable of providing the United States Army with the ability to carry out its tasks. This paper points to many problems experienced by the American manufacture working for the army. These are not only staff shortages, inefficient funding, but besides the structure of the production base, the vast majority of which are private companies. The authors of the study emphasize that private companies are oriented towards generating profits, and this means that companies' interests are not always identical to those of the state. Sometimes they're even contradictory. This situation makes it impossible for the State to get from manufacture what it needs.

Intriguing is the content of the summary report, which de facto calls for action to be taken to change the situation. I emphasize with a call.

A small earlier, due to the fact that in December 2023, the American and nipponese press reported on the anticipation of US Steel's U.S. steel mogul being taken over by the nipponese Nippon Steel corporation, the world's 4th largest steel producer.

It has been reported that the value of this transaction is expected to exceed $14 billion. It was besides explained that the nipponese would get US Steel, as this brings both capital and fresh technological solutions to the American company. It turns out that for years US Steel mills located in Košice, Slovakia, have been affected by permanent under-financing.

On March 12, that year, Nikkei Asia, a nipponese press agency, reported that in fiscal year 2024-2025 the United States Department of defence will order only 1 Virginia-class submarine with atomic propulsion, which means a decrease compared to the rate of 2 units per year in fresh years. (https://asia.nikkei.com/Politics/Defense/U.S.-cuts-key-submarine-order-for-2025-amide-shipbuilding-jam)

According to Nikkea, this decline reflects bottlenecks in the American shipbuilding industry. 2 private shipyards producing Virginia-class ships – General Dynamics and Huntington Ingalls Industries – face expanding delays in production due to limited production capacity and shortages of personnel.

And here is simply a very interesting story: the United States torpedoed (nomen omen) the agreement between France and Australia, under which the French shipyards were to supply the Australian Navy with Barracuda-type submarines. The Americans persuaded the Australians to break their signed contracts in exchange for acquiring Virginia's nuclear-powered ships (Barracudas may besides have specified a drive). The United States promised to sale Australia 3 Virginia class submarines in the 1920s, 2035s and 2038s, with an option to deliver 2 more. present it is known that no of these deadlines can be met. Given the fall in production rate by half, the Australians will receive their first Virginia-class ship... in 2038 or possibly later. These ships were to counterweight the increasing strength of the Chinese Navy in the South Pacific region.

On March 7, this year, it was reported that US Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro visited shipyards in South Korea operated by HD Hyundai dense Industries in Ulsan and Hanwha Ocean on Geoje Island in early March. After visiting South Korea, Del Toro went to Japan, where he visited the Mitsubishi shipyard in Yokohama and discussed his efforts to revive the American maritime manufacture with the leading directors of the nipponese shipbuilding industry.

Del Toro both in Korea and Japan encouraged shipyard directors to set up subsidiaries and “invest” resources in the integration of commercial and maritime shipbuilding facilities in the US.

According to a Pentagon study published in October 2023, The Chinese Navy of the People's Liberation Army (PLAN) has over 370 battleships compared to the 292 ships of the United States Navy.

The Pentagon study besides states that the Chinese Navy is to have 395 ships by 2025 and 435 by 2030.

According to the U.S. Naval Institute, China controls almost 50% of the planet shipbuilding marketplace and South Korea and Japan ranks at nearly 30% and 17% respectively. The U.S. production capacity is only 0.13 percent.

(https://www.voanews.com/a/us-navy-looking-to-s-korean-Japanese-shipbuilders-to-revive-American-shipyards/7518826.html)

On March 9, The Japan Times reported that Japan and the United States were considering allowing U.S. Navy warships to undergo extended repairs in private nipponese shipyards, which would enable them to stay longer in nipponese waters without having to return to the country for maintenance, provided government sources.

This issue is expected to be discussed during the April journey of Prime Minister Fumio Kishida to the United States during a gathering with president Joe Biden. specified an agreement is expected to improve the effectiveness of U.S. military operations in Japan in the face of China's expanding military integrity in the region.

What are the conclusions of this information? I'll leave them to you.

I, from my perspective, focused more on mundane things than on the games of the large world, will add that I have the impression that Chinese suppliers can be a much more reliable origin of products specified as machinery and production equipment, or full production lines than their American competitors. I feel that way.

Editorial: Leszek B.

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