This is good substantive reporting - lots of facts and quotes regarding the problems in the Seventh Fleet. The "many experts" are actually identified and quoted. The general thrust of the article is that the Navy is being stretched pretty thin.
This article is pure crap. While in the navy I went on two west-pacs, located directly in the area both cans were struck. Navy vessels are a world unto themselves. Budget woes do not affect the daily life. Port, starboard, and aft watch ensures eyes on watch 360 degrees around vessel. I remember a device called “radar” that seemed effective.
Possibly today’s navy relies entirely on automation?
As long as wild theories are being tossed about, was the crew on watch somehow incapacitated, perhaps an induced mental blackout? Perhaps a patterned electrical noise acting upon the nervous system?
The federal government has reduced the size of the Navy so they can pay antifa and other group members a living wage which allows them to stay home with their mothers and become an army when the deep state is threatened.
JoMa
“”This is good substantive reporting””
No. This is a lobbyist attempting to convince the public that spending more money on the Navy will fix all the problems and secondarily will fill the lobbyist’s pocket.
BS...... Excuses, excuses, excuses.
There is no excuse for a collision other than failure to maintain a proper look out. Those on the bridge faailed