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Is the US Navy losing the edge over China? US lawmakers call for action from White House
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The world's largest aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford steams alongside USNS Laramie (T-AO-203) in the eastern Mediterranean Sea.
PHOTO: REUTERS
WASHINGTON – The United States is not acting fast enough to cover its growing naval gap with China even as it turns more wary of Beijing’s increasingly ambitious maritime activities.
US lawmakers, military officials and analysts have expressed alarm at the pace of China’s naval expansion and shipbuilding efforts that are increasingly surpassing US capacities.
