Wednesday, December 16, 2020

Pentagon Says Talks About A 500-Ship Navy Is Just A Goal

The aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) transits the Pacific Ocean. Theodore Roosevelt is conducting routine operations in the Eastern Pacific Ocean. (Photo by U.S. Navy) 


Some 140 to 250 unmanned vessels could be included in the 500-ship fleet 

Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley is directly, and without hesitation, saying that a much larger 500-ship U.S. Navy will be necessary to contain Chinese expansionist ambitions. 

"We’re going to have to have a much larger fleet than we have today, if we’re serious about great power competition and deterring great power war, and if we’re serious about dominant capability over something like China or some other power that has significant capability," Milley said, according to a recent report in SeaPower Magazine. 

Read more .... 

Update #2: Yes, the U.S. Navy Really Does Want 500 Ships (National Interest) 

WNU Editor: This is what the US Navy wants to build in the next five years .... U.S. Navy plan calls for 82 new ships, at $147B, by 2026 (UPI)

2 comments:

Anonymous said...


Mostly I see dollar signs here.

Anonymous said...

"Pentagon Says Talks About A 500-Ship Navy Is Just A Goal"

Recognition that the TWD was fraudulently elected president

Defense
Acquisition
Workforce
Improvement
Act

doesn't seem to be working. IO maybe the general societal inflation is just too much.