Posted on 02/03/2010 1:22:22 AM PST by ErnstStavroBlofeld
The big question for the Navy in advance of the QDR and the 2011 budget release was would DOD reconcile the growing gap between the Navy’s shipbuilding and funding plans? The answer is no. They didn’t even try. The QDR pretty much defers on the subject of tying future shipbuilding to strategy. There is some vague talk in the document about the need for the Navy and the Air Force to jointly develop an air-sea battle concept to ensure power projection, but it provides no further details.
As for the Navy budget, the 2011 request increases funding for new ship construction from $12.4 billion in 2010 to $13.8 billion this year. But, as we noted yesterday, OMB recently pointed out the simple fact that a funding profile of between $13–15 billion a year will not get the Navy to its stated goal of a 313 ship fleet. OMB estimated that at least $21 billion per year was needed and that at $15 billion per year the fleet would fall to around 270 ships by 2025.
According to Navy budget documents, funding is provided to operate a battle fleet of 284 ships in 2011, including 11 carriers and 29 large amphibious ships.
The 2011 shipbuilding plan buys nine ships: two Virginia class subs, two DDG 51 destroyers, two Littoral Combat Ships (LCS), one Landing Helicopter Assault Replacement (LHA ®) ship (the follow on to the Tarawa-class LHA), one Mobile Landing Platform (MLP), and one Joint High Speed Vessel (JHV).
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Looks like more infighting by perfumed princes.
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No, it’s the reality of a finite budget running up against the cost of fighting two wars. Just like during Vietnam, new construction and maintenance were deferred due to the need to keep other ships operating and deployed.
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