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A Recapitalizing Sealift Fleet Is the Nation’s Most Important Military Program
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By Dan Gouré
January 22, 2019
 
 

The military services are investing tens of billions of dollars to address capability gaps that have emerged over the past several decades and otherwise enhance their capabilities to deter great power competitors. At the direction of former Defense Secretary Mattis, the Pentagon’s primary modernization objective is to create a more lethal force. The Army is radically reforming its acquisition system and upgrading or modernizing its armored combat vehicles, artillery and rocket systems, air and missile defenses, and tactical communications. The Air Force is ramping up procurements of the F-35 and the KC-46 while simultaneously developing a new bomber, an ICBM and several long-range air-to-ground missiles. The Navy is building to a 355 ship fleet with the Ford-class nuclear-powered aircraft carriers, the Columbia-class SSBN, advanced amphibious warfare ships, the Flight III Arleigh Burke destroyer, enhanced versions of the Virginia-class SSN and a new frigate.

https://www.realcleardefense.com/articles/2019/01/22/a_recapitalizing_sealift_fleet_is_the_nations_most_important_military_program_114125.html

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