US Report This is how the Red Sea battle revealed the flaws of the US Navy

American officers revealed shortcomings and weaknesses suffered by the US Navy in terms of capabilities, methods, and tools in light of the confrontations against the Yemenis in the Red Sea, explaining that these challenges reflect the scale of the difficulties the US may face in any future conflict with China.
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In a report published by the American website “The War Zone,” current and retired officers in the US Navy stated that the operations in the Red Sea constituted a major stress test for the US fleet, amid the depletion of limited ammunition, which revealed further shortcomings in the defense industrial base.
According to the report, analysts acknowledged that China represents a more complex adversary compared to the Yemenis, and any potential war with Beijing would be more severe and complicated.
In this context, Jean van Tol, a retired warship commander and researcher at the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments, stated that the management of missile expenditure during wars is a crucial lesson that can be drawn from the operations in the Red Sea and applied to scenarios of confronting China.
He explained that the US Navy was forced to use expensive surface-to-air missiles, which take a long time to produce, against low-cost Yemeni drones, noting that ammunition consumption will accelerate more rapidly in any conflict with China, due to the significant development in the capabilities of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army, which increases the depletion of the US stockpile of guided missiles.
The report pointed out that China has a more diverse and capable anti-ship missile arsenal than the one used by the Yemenis, including short- and medium-range ballistic missiles, aimed at strengthening its control over regional requirements and excluding competitors from wide areas during conflicts.
It added that if Beijing decided to invade Taiwan,