we need a lot more ships to do all the heckin' blockading we want so we're going to have someone else build them because *checks notes we're "facing a labor capacity problem at home." gm to america's golden fleet https://www.navytimes.com/news/your-navy/2026/04/22/navy-going-to-study-possibility-of-building-ships-outside-us-phelan-says/