Modern War Threats May Speed Amphib Assault Ship Buys - Navy: Not Enough Amphibs

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Modern War Threats May Speed Amphib Assault Ship Buys - Navy: Not Enough Amphibs

The Navy may speed up a new, multi-mission amphibious assault ship designed to perform more dis-aggregated ops

by Kris Osborn - Warrior Maven

Congressional decision-makers are working with the Navy to explore massively speeding up construction of its emerging fleet of new amphibious assault ships --- as part of an urgent push to expand the overall fleet faster and address an enormous deficit of available amphibs.

A July 3 Congressional Research Service report, titled " Navy LPD-17 Flight II (LX[R]) Amphibious Ship Program: Background and Issues for Congress," says the currently proposed Navy plan to buy the second LPD-17 Flight II Amphib in 2020 may need to be accelerated to fall within the services' 2019 budget.

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