Expanding the Fleet: Navy Charts Course for 355 Ships
4/6/2018
By Jon Harper
The Navy’s new shipbuilding plan is under fire from those who say it is not aggressive enough in pursuing the goal of a 355-ship fleet.
The long-term roadmap for fiscal years 2019 to 2048 was released in February. It is the first 30-year shipbuilding plan put forth since the Navy and Congress determined that the service needs 355 ships to achieve its strategic aims.
Tom Callender, senior fellow for defense programs, naval warfare and advanced technologies at the Heritage Foundation — a Washington, D.C. think tank — said he was “underwhelmed†by the new force structure blueprint.
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