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.
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