USS George Washington gaining attention as possible budget casualty

lentulusgracchus: "This type is about clapped-out.
The FF/FFG's are all approaching 30 years' service "

I'm guessing the plan is to eventually replace the old frigates with littorals such as Freedom and Independence.

In the mean time the new Zumwalt destroyers will be 50% larger than today's Tigonderosa class cruisers.
And all of that sounds normal and natural to me.

But your point here is perfectly valid: they need to get on with the job of replacing worn-out obsolete ships with new ones designed for potential threats of the next 50 years.

To which I ask again: why do we have endless $ trillions for phony-baloney "stimulus" but can't find a few billions to build a more modern navy?

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