Is Mattis Messing With The US’s Longstanding Aircraft Carrier Strategy?
By Alex Lockie, Business Insider
on May 3, 2018
Defense Secretary Jim Mattis hinted at major changes in the Navy’s way of deploying aircraft carriers in comments to the House Armed Services Committee last month, Defense News reports.
Mattis compared how the Navy deploys ships to a commercial shipping operation, with predictable, pre-planned routes, potentially blunting the strategic advantage of the fast-moving carriers.
“It’s no way to run a Navy,†Mattis told lawmakers at the House Armed Services Committee of the Navy’s status quo on carrier deployments in April.
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