Yes, US national security segment are bitter that US shipyards cannot be remotely as efficient at building naval ships as Chinese shipyards.. So, let's make up remote links between military and civilian business to try to sink these efficient Chinese shipyards. You'd have to be stupid to split the military/civil production up and pay for twice the equipment/space It's a great thing that American companies don't order a large amount of ships, so the best thing that these natsec type can do is complain.
At the current rate, Japanese shipyards are basically already uncompetitive. The Europeans are uncompetitive. Pretty soon, the Koreans will be uncompetitive too.
