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“Not only does the U.S. lack the tonnage required to support a major conflict in the Pacific, it has no identifiable roadmap to obtain it,” said a former Maersk executive.
Receiving virtually no press space and air time, the Dutch-based shipping giant Maersk has backed out of military contracts with the United States Armed Forces, and instead is offsetting their normal trade with a smaller company, while Maersk bolters their ties with China instead. The move is critical as now it forces the Pentagon into a logistical bind and headache, making it all the more difficult to transport their military weapons and vehicles to their bases, especially during a time of conflict.
Jerry Hendrix, a retired Navy Captain and Naval scholar, warned as to how detrimental this move is…
