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Trump signs shipbuilding order as Navy leaders call for 381-ship fleet
« on: April 15, 2025, 12:18:49 pm »
Trump signs shipbuilding order as Navy leaders call for 381-ship fleet
By Riley Ceder, Zita Ballinger Fletcher and J.D. Simkins
 Apr 14, 2025, 06:18 PM
 
President Donald Trump on April 9 signed into law a new policy aimed at revitalizing an American shipbuilding industry that has fallen well behind production levels of its rivals from the People’s Republic of China.

Language in the executive order, which cites the need to strengthen a “commercial shipbuilding capacity and maritime workforce,” mirrors many concerns expressed among the industry’s defense counterparts.


In an April 8 hearing of Navy leadership before the Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Seapower, service officials voiced concerns regarding stagnant shipbuilding and what that could mean for success in great power conflicts.

Navy officials in March 2024 stated the service’s goal of growing its fleet of battle force ships to 381 over the next 30 years, a plan that would require investing at least $40 billion each year over the duration of the effort, according to the Congressional Budget Office.

https://www.defensenews.com/news/your-military/2025/04/14/trump-signs-shipbuilding-order-as-navy-leaders-call-for-381-ship-fleet/
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Re: Trump signs shipbuilding order as Navy leaders call for 381-ship fleet
« Reply #1 on: April 15, 2025, 12:19:44 pm »
Great!  I hope half of the new ships are submarines!
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Re: Trump signs shipbuilding order as Navy leaders call for 381-ship fleet
« Reply #2 on: April 15, 2025, 12:26:28 pm »
Submarines as submerged cruise missile and hypersonic missile launch platforms.
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Re: Trump signs shipbuilding order as Navy leaders call for 381-ship fleet
« Reply #3 on: April 15, 2025, 12:28:42 pm »
Quote from: DefiantMassRINO on April 15, 2025, 12:26:28 pm
Submarines as submerged cruise missile and hypersonic missile launch platforms.

And fear factors.
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