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Congress is building a stronger fleet than the Navy
« on: December 18, 2022, 06:59:01 am »
Congress is building a stronger fleet than the Navy
By Rep. Rob Wittman
 Thursday, Dec 15

 

Last Thursday, the House voted on a final National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal 2023 that secures the future of our naval fleet for another year. Fortunately, Congress improved the Navy’s FY23 inadequate shipbuilding plan in critical ways: We rejected the Navy’s ship construction plans, their decommissioning schedules, force structure proposals and overarching threat assumptions.

While the ink dries on the FY23 NDAA, it is prudent for the Pentagon and Congress to be clear on the final outcomes of this cycle. If the Navy refuses to learn lessons from this year, it will be doomed to repeat them.

First, Congress recognizes that fleet capacity cannot be sacrificed in the near term. I accept former Indo-Pacific Command leader Adm. Philip Davidson’s assessment that China will likely aim to reintegrate Taiwan by force by 2027. Our entire force structure should be optimized to prevent conflict at the time of our greatest vulnerability. Our president must have options to respond appropriately to that crisis.

This will necessitate hulls in the water with a deep arsenal of weapons, not nebulous proposals in PowerPoint slides.

https://www.defensenews.com/opinion/commentary/2022/12/15/congress-is-building-a-stronger-fleet-than-the-navy/
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Re: Congress is building a stronger fleet than the Navy
« Reply #1 on: December 18, 2022, 07:00:45 am »
Is congress committing the Navy to personnel they don't have on ships they don't need? :pondering:
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