The Navy needs more original thinking, not more ships

[rangerrebew]

The Navy needs more original thinking, not more ships
by Tom Rogan
 | February 13, 2019 01:21 PM
 
An interesting debate in conservative defense circles is whether the U.S. Navy needs a dramatically increased fleet size. I don't believe it does. While the Navy needs more than its present, approximate strength of 280 ships, it does not need the 355 ships it currently seeks.

Instead, the Navy must be more efficient and creative in what it does with what ships it has and more strategically minded in what ships it procures. At present, the Navy remains far too comfortable with spreading its procurement across a range of warship classes and types, and its fleet across the world. There are two problems with that approach: mismatched vulnerability-effect balances and financial cost.

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/the-navy-needs-more-original-thinking-not-more-ships

[Elderberry]

Like I'm really going to believe anything Tom Rogan says about the NAVY.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Rogan
Rogan grew up and was educated in London, in the United Kingdom, but holds American citizenship. He attended St John's School, Leatherhead for secondary school/high school before attaining a BA in War Studies from King's College London, an MSc in Middle Eastern Politics from the School of Oriental and African Studies,[1] and a Graduate Diploma in Law from The College of Law in London.[2]

Though he grew up in the United Kingdom, his political career began in the United States when he worked as an intern in Washington, D.C., during the 2004 US Presidential Campaign. He also had a short stint working for a British Member of Parliament, Humfrey Malins, during 2005.

His first television appearances were in the United Kingdom, as a commentator on US and international politics on news outlets such as BBC and Sky News during the 2012 US Presidential Election.[3] In 2012 he moved to Washington D.C.

He has contributed to news organisations, including The Week, The Spectator, The Weekly Standard, Reuters, The American Spectator, The Daily Caller, Fox News, The Washington Times, USA Today, CNN, The Christian Science Monitor, The Atlantic, The Commentator, The Telegraph,[4] The Guardian [5] and The Huffington Post.[6] He is a columnist for the National Review[7] and Opportunity Lives.[8] In 2014, he began making increasingly frequent TV appearances as a pundit/commentator on news outlets such as Fox News and CNN.[6] A specialist in Middle-Eastern politics and US foreign policy ???, he featured regularly as a commentator on various news outlets during the initial uprising of ISIS in 2014, occasionally making multiple TV appearances a day. He has appeared twice on the HBO show, Real Time with Bill Maher.

[GtHawk]

Like I'm really going to believe anything Tom Rogan says about the NAVY.

But he has such an excellent education history in England where all the brightest socialists come from because that is what they indoctrinate them for.