Navy Looks to Unmanned Systems to Increase Fleet Strength

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Navy Looks to Unmanned Systems to Increase Fleet Strength
By Jennifer McDermott
August 31, 2017

NEWPORT, R.I. (AP) — President Donald Trump and Navy leaders say the nation needs about 350 ships, roughly 75 more ships than the fleet has today.

But there isn’t money in the defense budget to buy a lot of new ships at once, and they take years to build.

https://www.realcleardefense.com/articles/2017/08/31/navy_looks_to_unmanned_systems_to_increase_fleet_strength_112200.html