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Manpower, Parts Shortages Would Hinder Navy In Wartime
« on: February 23, 2018, 09:54:24 am »
 Manpower, Parts Shortages Would Hinder Navy In Wartime

Faced with erratic funding from Congress, the Navy has pursued cost-efficiency so rigorously that it has cut corners and compromised peacetime safety and, very possibly, wartime performance. Crews are shorthanded and spare parts stockpiles are low.
By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr. on February 14, 2018 at 3:21 PM
 

CLARIFIED to distinguish our analysis from experts’ remarks WASHINGTON: Faced with erratic funding from Congress, the Navy has pursued cost-efficiency so rigorously that it has cut corners and compromised peacetime safety and, very possibly, wartime performance. That’s the unhappy implication I walked away with after a panel of current and former naval officers at the Center for Strategic & International Studies this morning.

https://breakingdefense.com/2018/02/manpower-parts-shortages-would-hinder-navy-in-wartime/