'Polishing the gun': China, U.S. tensions raise Taiwan conflict fears

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2 hours ago, billd766 said:

Yes I do know that, but do you know where they are, what condition they are in, what their loads are, are they fully crewed and can up anchor at a moments notice. Are the right loads in the right order.

 

It is very expensive for any country to maintain a standing fleet to sit around and do nothing.

 

The USA does seem to have a lot of ships at its disposal according to this link. They also have a lot of oceans to cover.

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_current_ships_of_the_United_States_Navy#:~:text=The United States Navy has,Vessel Register and published reports.

Google Military Sealift Command, fully crewed, they don't do nothing, they supply the USNavy 24-7. I just retired 31-12-2019 from this company. 5000 plus crew, plus you have the commercial (union) ships which are also worldwide.

 

Right now the crews are being pushed to their limits with covid-19, can't go ashore, reliefs every 120 days aren't happening. It's a mess.

 

Edited August 28, 2020 by EVENKEEL