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I have mixed feelings about this. Reagan's 600-ship Navy was an integral part of spending the USSR into oblivion, but I don't think that would be relevant today. Today's Navy has 273 active ships, and we're showing the wear with extended deployment times which effects everything from readiness to morale. I think we need more ships, but how many? With 2 (1 under construction, 1 PCU) Ford-class Carriers -- out of a projected 10 -- coming online within the next 5 years, the Flight III Arleigh Burke class destroyers, and the Block III Virgina-class Subs, the Navy is taking significant steps to upgrade capabilities...but will technology be enough to make up for projected coverage gaps?
http://www.cnn.com/2015/09/08/politics/us-navy-size-military-election-2016/index.html
http://www.cnn.com/2015/09/08/politics/us-navy-size-military-election-2016/index.html
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Tech is the great equalizer. We need to make sure it is working for us. Big dumb armies and navies have a poor track record.
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but we are in deep debt already .... may have no choice but to cut even deeper ... like after WW2 on British ... from a naval super power ... to ... whatever they are now ..
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No worries ,Greg, we have someone sitting on their porch in Alaska keeping an eye on Russia,so we don't have to worry about coverage there.
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