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Navy Wants to Grow Fleet to 355 Ships; 47 Hull Increase Adds Destroyers, Attacks Subs
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| 12/16/2016
| Sam LaGrone and Megan Eckstein
Posted on 12/16/2016 7:23:57 AM PST by rktman
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Better than the current 'lapse' in providing ample equipment. Just need to ensure that when completed they are capable of performing the assigned tasks.
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posted on
12/16/2016 7:23:57 AM PST
by
rktman
To: rktman
F’n yeah! tired of the Chinese and Russian military build up.
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posted on
12/16/2016 7:25:46 AM PST
by
12th_Monkey
(I'm DEPLORABLE and I'm OK with that.)
To: rktman
Reagan worked towards a 600 ship navy.Less military, more debt. Something’s wrong.
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posted on
12/16/2016 7:28:49 AM PST
by
Dr. Sivana
(There is no salvation in politics.)
To: 12th_Monkey
anybody know the largest sized Fleet we had in recent memory?
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posted on
12/16/2016 7:29:04 AM PST
by
dp0622
(IThe only thing an upper crust conservative hates more than a liberal is a middle class conservative)
To: rktman
That means, a lots more Sailors to.
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posted on
12/16/2016 7:30:06 AM PST
by
SandRat
(Duty - Honor - Country! What else need s said?)
To: Dr. Sivana
Less military, more debt.Two things. Trying to fight an Asian land war and the DoD acquisition system presided over by Carter and Kendall. Whatever anyone here thinks about Gates or Rumsfeld, at least they tried to fight it.
To: rktman
Build the Montana Class BBs.
Because we can.
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posted on
12/16/2016 7:32:34 AM PST
by
Jim Noble
(Die Gedanken sind Frei)
To: SandRat
a lot more Sailors too.Actually not, 30 attacks x 120 men + 70 destroyers x 300 = 3600 + 21000=25,000.
Now adding 25,000 REAL SAILORS may be an interesting exercise in this PC world but it isn't a pimple on the 1.3M DoD active duty manning roster and 1.1M civilians + contractor administrative base, or whatever the numbers actually are.
To: Jim Noble
That’s why we built the Alaskas. Other nations scraped together resources to build what they desperately needed. We built stuff just because we could. Like B-29s that carried atomic weapons.
But that was when we had industry...
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posted on
12/16/2016 7:35:57 AM PST
by
henkster
To: rktman
outlining a massive increase in the size of its high-end large surface combatant and attack submarine fleets
"High-end large surface combatant" . . . you mean, battleships? (Oh well, one can dream . . .)
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posted on
12/16/2016 7:36:11 AM PST
by
bus man
(Loose Lips Sink Ships)
To: rktman
> ...this is the level that balances an acceptable level of warfighting risk to our equipment and personnel...
“Warfighting”?
Could we use terms any more liberal.
“Combat” was the accepted term for centuries, let’s keep it that way.
To: dp0622
Close to 600 after Reagan’s increases.
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posted on
12/16/2016 7:37:31 AM PST
by
jjotto
("Ya could look it up!")
To: rktman
and NO Littoral Combat, (Torpedo Target) Ships
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posted on
12/16/2016 7:38:58 AM PST
by
SandRat
(Duty - Honor - Country! What else need s said?)
To: 12th_Monkey
As long as they’re not named for lesbians.
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posted on
12/16/2016 7:42:02 AM PST
by
Lisbon1940
(No full-term Governors (at the time of election!)
To: rktman
GOOD ....jobs, defense etcetera ....... whats not to like .
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posted on
12/16/2016 7:42:25 AM PST
by
Squantos
(Be polite, be professional, but have a plan to kill everyone you meet ...)
To: AndyJackson
They want to add another carrier group. The carrier would have to have about 6,000 sailors.
To: rktman
How about a cross between a HUGE gunned battleship that can withstand atomic weapons and a drone carrier with swarms of attack and defense drones......yeah man....
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posted on
12/16/2016 7:47:31 AM PST
by
Spruce
To: henkster
The Alaskas: the last gasp of the battle cruiser (in fact, if not in name).
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posted on
12/16/2016 7:48:29 AM PST
by
bus man
(Loose Lips Sink Ships)
To: rktman
Kill the LCS program and transfer existing hulls to the USCG.
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posted on
12/16/2016 7:49:53 AM PST
by
paddles
("The more corrupt the state, the more it legislates." Tacitus)
To: castlegreyskull
+6,000 REAL SAILOR and AIRMEN still isn’t a pimple on the Defense establishment.
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