I wonder if they posted this photo with the article with the knowledge that three of the four escorts with the CVN were not US Navy ships? (They are JMSDF.)
Posted on 03/02/2011 6:33:31 PM PST by Hojczyk
What could we have built with 800 billion..plus a few jobs..
This is not the country I had hope to grow old in
Libs would love to live under Chinese authority.
You can’t even retire on the beach somewhere in Mexico which would have been a nice dream.
I’d say time for some gunboat “diplomacy”... if we had a President worthy of the office...
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On the matter of the Navy, though, there's no excuse for letting it decay.
After a long decline, since the end of the 1st Gulf War, and since dropping below 300 combat ships, we are slowly on the rise again.
We are building a new class of Aircraft carrier (1 under construction), a new class of Frigates (the LCS) (3 built and more building), a new class of destroyer (2 building albeit only three will be built which is having us extend the Burke class which are the most capable and largest class on earth), we are building a new class of attack submarines (eight built and two more under construction, we'll build one or two a year for the next many years), a new class of LPD (8 are complete out of 10-12), a new class of large LHA (1 under construction, two to follow).
At the same time, howerver, the Chinese are building new, modern vessels even faster. See:
Also see:
Even the famous "Progressive" Republican Teddy Roosevelt built the Great White Fleet referenced in this article from a century ago.
The US is first, and foremost, a maritime nation. If we surrender the seas...or are forced out...we will soon cease to exist as an independent nation.
We need 50-60 "Frigate" class warships today in addition to the existing fleet. And NO the LCS is not what I'm referencing...too capable, therefore too expensive. Real Frigates.
We also need another 25 Virginia class subs...and 40-50 of those really neat and small German conventional subs for littoral work.
And NO Carriers and large Amphibs are not an anachronism. They are the heavy lifters of Power Projection.
Twelve Carrier Battle Groups (7-8 deployable at any given time) is stretching things) are not sufficient because we can't get 10 to sea when we need them. Fifteen is the right number.
And the Amphibious Ready Groups? Seven is not NEARLY enough for these amazingly capable platforms. Put 5 of them together with a couple of carriers and you can put a full Marine Expeditionary Division ashore for 30 days without any outside assistance. How many countries in the world can stop THAT? Five or six?
And now the boomers. While the Trident boats are sufficient in number (12 with 3-4 at sea at any given time) they are aging. Still, the most capable and effective/feared Strategic Force in the world...but we have to start building their replacements.
Put all together, we have some catching up to do. Naval procurement is not the biggest portion of the Navy's budget...it's OPERATING EXPENSES.
We could increase the Navy's portion of the $700bil defense budget by $30bil/yr and achieve ALL of the above. Add another $80/bil per year and you have the trained and paid sailors to make it happen.
$100-$120bil/yr ASCERTAINS our standing and security in the world.
It does not matter if you have the most powerful navy when you have a muslim in the white hut, TV networks that support him 100% including Fox with a country of idiots who get brainwashed in HD and a totally infiltrated govt headed towards Weimar Germany.
Unless you just buy it from other countries, like the Saudis do for now, you can't have a world leading military without industrial infrastructure.
don’t forget 3-D
You are the author of “Dragon’s Fury,” correct?
Damn good information & a lot of good work sir.
Thank you for the informative links.
I wonder if they posted this photo with the article with the knowledge that three of the four escorts with the CVN were not US Navy ships? (They are JMSDF.)
Very impressive work. Thank you!
You forgot to add a Large Gun capacity, as well. There are times and places when air-delivery can’t be done.
But those ships have firepower the previous 1,000 could hardly dream of.
Our present department does not care to deploy the frigate size ships that would be the most use full in anti-pirate ops.
Pretty much.
Liberals or their ideals in charge.
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