Wittman: Savings in Navy's long-range shipbuilding plan won't deliver immediate capability

By Audrey Decker / April 22, 2022 at 12:13 PM
The Navy's latest 30-year shipbuilding plan gives away "massive amounts" of capability with no promise of getting it back anytime soon, according to a prominent House lawmaker. The Biden administration’s 30-year shipbuilding plan offers three “alternatives” to Congress -- two of which assume no real budget growth -- that, at the high end, could produce a battleforce fleet of 363 ships by 2045. The low-range options would ultimately achieve 318 to 322 manned ships by 2045. House Armed Services seapower...

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