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Reminds me of the "fake Chinese parts in US aircraft" issue a few years ago:
Shipyards Serving US Navy Already Use Chinese-Built Drydocks
Breaking Defense - September 16, 2016
Shipyards Serving US Navy Already Use Chinese-Built Drydocks
Breaking Defense - September 16, 2016
BAE Systems’ San Diego yard — which will receive its Chinese drydock later this year — and Vigor Industrial’s Portland yard — which got its $50 million Chinese dock in 2014 — do repair work for the US Navy. The Bath Iron Works yard in Maine which does build new warships got a Chinese drydock in 2001. The Ingalls yard in Pascagoula, which is currently shopping for one, also builds new warships, mostly notably LPD-17 San Antonio-class amphibious ships and DDG-51 Arleigh Burke destroyers.
Japan and South Korea also build drydocks, but it’s not clear whether these two US allies can compete with China on price.