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Stricken destroyer John S. McCain arrives in Singapore, 10 crew still missing
The details of how the collisions occurred remain unkown, but incidents such as those with the McCain and Fitzgerald incidents are troubling, said Jan van Tol, a retired commander of three war ships who now serves as an analyst with the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments.
“Navy destroyers are remarkably nimble and responsive, including rapid acceleration ability, thus should certainly be able to get out of the way of almost anything approaching ‘too close,’” van Tol said in an email.
“Such close quarters situations should NEVER be allowed to develop without various watchstanders and watchteams being well aware that they are developing,” he said.
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Sailors missing after American warship USS John S McCain collides with oil tanker near Singapore
Between 1998 and 2015, the Navy shrank by 20 per cent to 271 ships, while the number of vessels deployed overseas remained at about 100 ships, Bryan Clark, a senior fellow at the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessment, wrote in a 2015 article for The National Interest. Clark concluded that each ship has to work 20 per cent more to meet demand.
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The U.S. Navy’s Greatest Enemy Might Be Exhaustion
It will not be easy to cover for the loss of the two destroyers, explains Bryan Clark, a senior fellow at the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments.
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Navy orders pause in operations, safety review after USS John S. McCain collision
Top priority missions, such as ballistic missile defense due to tensions with North Korea, will likely continue despite the pause, said Bryan Clark, a senior fellow at the non-partisan Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments, Navy veteran and former senior civilian official at the Pentagon.
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Life after Congress for former Rep. Forbes hasn’t meant retirement
The new position adds to a portfolio that already includes a teaching position at Regent University in Virginia Beach and a fellowship at the U.S. Naval War College in Newport, R.I. Forbes also has joined the board of the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments, a Washington think tank specializing in defense and national security.
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Ten Sailors Missing After U.S. Warship Collision Near Singapore
Between 1998 and 2015, the Navy shrank by 20 percent to 271 ships, while the number of vessels deployed overseas remained at about 100 ships, Bryan Clark, a senior fellow at the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessment, wrote in a 2015 article for The National Interest. Clark concluded that each ship has to work 20 percent more to meet demand.