China outbuilds America 230-to-1 in shipbuilding capacity, but Saronic's autonomous warships are changing that equation. The defense startup just completed the first autonomous rescue in the Strait of Hormuz—and plans to build 2,000 Corsairs yearly from a massive new Texas shipyard. The U.S. builds 100,000 gross tons of ships annually while China builds 23 million, a 230-to-1 disadvantage driven by subsidized commercial shipbuilding that converts to military capacity.