It looks like 10 DDG per year is normal for the next 15 yrs, until 150 DDG is reached.
that’s quite a fantasy.
It looks like 10 DDG per year is normal for the next 15 yrs, until 150 DDG is reached.
ten years ago if some one told China will build 10 DDGs in a single year in 2019 I'm pretty sure your answer would have been "haha LMAO fanboy what are you smoking".that’s quite a fantasy.
A reasonable number should be 2-4 DDGs per year.
ten years ago if some one told China will build 10 DDGs in a single year in 2019 I'm pretty sure your answer would have been "haha LMAO fanboy what are you smoking".
After they have reached 150 DDG, the rate will be 2-3 DDG per year.
The ability to build 10 DGGs a year is different from an actuality of doing so. While China will likely always retain that ability, of course, the number will drop off as we enter a phase of fleet maintenance rather than expansion. However, with China's technology growing so quickly, a replacement rate for technological advancement rather than ship age will likely necessitate a rate of at least 2-3 per year even for fleet maintenance (depending on the capacity for MLU of active ships). But we're not there yet and right now, looking forward to a time when Chinese military shipbuilding is on the decline is the real fantasy.Long before they reached 150 DDGs, even a rate of 2-3 more DDG per year would already be a fantasy.
But well before they stop being able to build 10 DDGs a year, what they’ve already built would have become mostly harbor queens.
no, 10 years ago I would say that is an easily achievable, but utterly unsustainable, rate. I will likely say that 10 years from now too.
10 a year is not the rate of a country determined to be strong and remain strong, It is the rate of a country that fears war in the near future above all else.