Naval Warfare
PREMIUM: Pentagon recalibrates USN fleet numbers but lacks updated force structure assessment
US shipbuilders and Congress are anxiously awaiting details of the USN’s 30-year shipbuilding plan, which is already running five months late.
This blueprint will propel the size of the fleet beyond the 355-ship objective set in 2016 and it could lead to a fundamental recalibration of how the service defines ...
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