China’s shipbuilding capacity is 232 times greater than the US, per leaked US Navy intelligence.
A leaked US Navy briefing slide with the information circulated online in July, per The War Zone, an online newsletter. The slide was titled “PLAN vs. USN Naval Force Laydown,” and appeared to be marked “unclassified.”
According to the data seen in the slide, China’s shipyards have a capacity of over 23.2 million tons, more than 232 times greater than the US capacity of less than 100,000 tons.
The slide also appears to contrast the “battle force composition” of both navies, taking into account “combatant ships, submarines, mine warfare ships, major amphibious ships, and large combat support auxiliary ships.”