Study: US Couldn’t Repair Battle-Damaged Ships in War with China

Military Times: Battle-damaged U.S. warships could not be quickly repaired and returned to combat during a war with China, according to a new report.

U.S. maintenance facilities would be overwhelmed and would lack sufficient spare parts to repair ships in theater, concluded the study by RAND, a Washington-based think tank. Nor can the U.S. Navy assume that its Pacific allies have adequate shipyard capacity — or political willingness — to fix damaged vessels.

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