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The Real Reason Australia is Spending Billions on Submarines
As Andrew Krepinevich of the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Analysis wrote in a long report last year, the Chinese “precision-strike regime” is potentially very lethal.
Throwing Money at Missile Defense Won’t Fix It
In November 2014, the then-heads of the Army and Navy wrote a memo titled “Adjusting the Ballistic Missile Defense Strategy,” in which they argued that the “current acquisition-based strategy is unsustainable in the current fiscal environment and favors forward deployment of assets in lieu of deterrence-based options to meet contingency demands.”
Analysts: Truman Strike Group Extension Highlights Flaws in Navy’s Deployment Goal
The Navy sails right on the edge of being able to meet its global presence, said Bryan Clark, a senior fellow at the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments. If one little thing goes wrong, such as the need for increased presence or maintenance delays, there will be a necessity for gaps or extended deployments.
How General Dynamics Could Break Into the Amphibious Ship Market
Both shipbuilders are effectively set in stone. General Dynamics' NASSCO shipyards in San Diego have always built oiler and other auxiliary ships while Huntington Ingalls’ shipyards in Pascagoula, Mississippi, have always had a lock on amphibious platforms.
Carter Accuses Russia of ‘Nuclear Saber-Rattling’
US military experts have warned that the Baltic Sea has become increasingly unsafe for the American military forces there because of the military encounters with Russia.
Carrier Deployment Extension Could Increase Maintenance Costs by $20 Million
Extending the deployment of the Harry S. Truman strike group by just one month could end up costing the government tens of millions more dollars because of the inefficiency caused by shifting plans, one analyst said. Bryan Clark, a senior fellow with the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments, said that extending a carrier's time at sea could raise costs by creating more wear and tear on the ship.