Pentagon Endorses Shock-Testing Carrier After Navy Backs Down
By Anthony Capaccio
April 5, 2018, 4:00 AM EDT
The Pentagon’s No. 2 civilian has said the Navy should perform shock-testing soon to determine how well its new $12.9 billion aircraft carrier -- the costliest warship ever -- could withstand an attack, affirming the service’s recent decision to back down from a plan for delay.
“We agree with your view that a test in normal sequence is more prudent and pragmatic,†Deputy Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan said in a newly released March 26 letter to Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman John McCain. The Arizona Republican and Senator Jack Reed, the panel’s top Democrat, pressed for the shock-testing to go ahead as originally planned.
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