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Pentagon Plan For Amphibious Warships Would Violate Law, Hobble Crisis Response
Loren Thompson
Senior Contributor
Mar 21, 2023,11:36am EDT
This week the Marine Corps released its “unfunded priorities list” for the fiscal year beginning October 1, meaning the programs it most needs that were not funded in president’s budget request for the year.
To the surprise of no one who has been paying attention, the top unfunded priority on the list is another San Antonio-class amphibious warship.
Amphibious transport docks, or “LPDs” as they are referred in naval nomenclature, are essential to the movement of Marine forces in wartime and peacetime.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/lorenthompson/2023/03/21/pentagon-plan-for-amphibious-warships-would-violate-law-hobble-crisis-response/?sh=34cd0b6e798e