antiterror13
Brigadier
Indeed, not to mention the ships are necessary to absorb all that surplus of government subsidized steel which is going to be taxed in the US soon.
This also explains the surge of corvette and frigate production since smaller warships is also about subsidizing the smaller yards that can't make the bigger ships. And for that matter, the production of smaller warships is also about the efficient utilization of available shipyard capacity, which many are also small shipyards. If you have many small yards in your country, you are going to end up building warships that will fit inside them. Its also something I considered why China does not plan to make 6000 ton frigates --- it would require the same yards that do those 6000 to 8000 ton destroyers. But 4000 ton frigates are another thing, you can build them in smaller sheltered docks, along with the corvettes, auxilliaries, tugs, coast guard and patrol vessels.
Do you know how much steel China produce in a year? 832 million metric tons .. more than 8x of Japan or India or more than 10x of the USA
And do you know how much steel used for Chinese navy in 2017? no more than 0.3 million metric tons or just 0.036% of total steel produced in China! ... so there is no impact at all !!!
Also to add, the type of steel used for warship is quite different than mild steel which is the most type produced
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