Part of the Navy's fiscal year 2013 budget request includes funds to send four minesweeping ships and four MH-53 mine countermeasures helicopters into the Arabian Gulf as a way of "setting the theater" to better counter the threat posed by Iran, Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Jonathan Greenert told the Senate Armed Services Committee today. In all, the Navy allocated about $250 million in this year's budget request -- $750 million over the future years defense plan -- specifically on...
