Which navy could execute a crash-build program?

Which navy has designs suited to mass production and the infrastructure to execute a crash-build program?

China is the clearest candidate because it combines large shipbuilding infrastructure, an experienced workforce, and quickly reproducible designs such as the Type 054A and Type 054B.

China already possesses the yards, workforce, and repeatable designs needed for rapid naval expansion in the panel's assessment. The large Type 054A programme and the improved Type 054B illustrate that production base. Emergency construction can accept a shorter service life if ships survive the years of intensive use for which they are needed. The discussion uses about five years as an illustrative wartime requirement. Softwood ships of the line provide a historical comparison: they could be built more quickly and easily, although they should not be expected to last thirty years.