Originally Posted by
Excargodog
What manufacturing side?
https://www.congress.gov/crs-product/TE10110
Even the few shipyards capable of building military ships have been an unmitigated disaster. The LCS type retired early due to major and uncorrectable problems with the power train , the Zumwalt Class - terminated after three vessels finished, the Constellation Frigate class terminated after two ships half built.
https://www.defensenews.com/naval/20...ps-half-built/
The Jones Act has been around for 105 years. It demonstrably has not worked.
The fact that we can build ships at all is proof that it does.