U.S. Navy explores foreign-built destroyers and fleet tankers in South Korea

The U.S. Navy issued RFIs to major South Korean shipyards to assess building U.S. destroyer-sized combatants and fleet replenishment tankers abroad, potentially ending a decades-long domestic-only construction norm. This is a procurement/industrial-base shift that could accelerate force generation and recapitalization by leveraging allied shipbuilding capacity.