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General Category => Military/Defense News => Topic started by: rangerrebew on March 28, 2017, 10:03:30 am
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Trump's 12-carrier Navy plan: Anything but smooth sailing
By Jamie McIntyre • 3/27/17 12:01 AM
On his visit to Newport News, Va., this month, President Trump met with executives from Huntington Ingalls Industries, prime contractor for the USS Gerald R. Ford, the first in a new class of American supercarriers.
In a speech to sailors and shipbuilders aboard the soon-to-be-commissioned Ford, Trump proclaimed, "I just spoke with Navy and industry leaders and have discussed my plans to undertake a major expansion of our entire Navy fleet, including having the 12-carrier Navy we need."
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/trumps-12-carrier-navy-plan-anything-but-smooth-sailing/article/2618301