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Industrial rebuilding and an uncertain battleship price

The concept requires industrial rebuilding, while the suggestion of half a trillion dollars per ship is doubted and qualified by future inflation.

Question

Would a modern battleship require rebuilding industrial capacity and cost half a trillion dollars per ship?

Short answer

Industrial capability would have to be rebuilt. The half-trillion-dollar figure is doubted, with a qualification that the eventual cost depends on future inflation.

Notes

Building the proposed battleship would require recreating industrial capability. The suggestion of half a trillion dollars per ship is doubtful, although the eventual figure would depend on inflation before construction. No alternative estimate is supplied.