What would be the barriers to some shmuck building his own drydock somewhere and churning out cheap but reliable naval vessels? I've heard tell the US navy has masically reached its patrolling capacity given its current fleet. Some news about not having a spare aircraft carrier to possibly go down to Venezuela and blockade/spook them.
I'm imagining the oldschool cruisers and battleships sailing again under a civilian mercenary operation, hiring themselves out to patrol global shipping lanes and nations that lack their own naval power or wish to supplement their current fleets.
How would such an operation differ from current infantry mercenary companies? How do current mercenary companies manage to operate legally?
then start small. use old retired artillery pieces. Might have to rebore the barrels but once you get one ship floating out there and doing independent business you've completely changed the game. It'd be like iron man "privatizing world peace"
Austin Cook
The big question would be who's let you pull into their piers? Would it be a civilian pier or a military one Who would offer you services while at sea (i.e. how would you do extended patrols if you don't have supply ships giving you fuel, food, and mail?).
Also, who are you going to buy your weapons from?
Easton Morris
idk, maybe the russians would be cool with it if we purchased from them. They love selling weapons as much as the americans and I bet they'd love causing stress and chaos to the "new world order". They're in a corner so any way they can indirectly fuck with NATO they still will try lol
Gabriel Turner
Money and technology. Relevant navies of the world can be counted on fingers of one hand and they all have industry to build it. Your scenario of "some shmuck building his own drydock somewhere" is simply delusional.
