US Navy warship production hits 25-year low, falls behind China: ‘A terrible state’

Navy shipbuilding has had its worst production in 25 years, putting the US behind rival China in production pace. “I don’t see a fast, easy way to get out of this problem. It’s taken us a long time to get into it,” Eric Labs, a longtime naval analyst at the Congressional Budget Office, told ABC News, adding that the Navy’s shipbuilding was now in “a terrible state.” The comments come as last-minute design changes, cost overruns, and an inability to recruit and retain employees to build ships has slowed production...