Will looming budget cuts bust up the Navy’s plans for an enormous fleet?

[rangerrebew]

Will looming budget cuts bust up the Navy’s plans for an enormous fleet?
By: David B. Larter   

WASHINGTON — After several years of increasing spending and virtually unprecedented shipbuilding budgets, the U.S. Navy’s party could be coming to a screeching halt in the 2020 budget, according to analysts and insiders who spoke to Defense News.

Conversations with more than a dozen insiders, lawmakers and analysts reveal a far less friendly upcoming budget cycle for the U.S. Navy than the previous three, and anxiety is growing about just where the ax is going to fall.

https://www.defensenews.com/naval/2018/11/16/will-looming-budget-cuts-bust-up-the-navys-plans-for-an-enormous-fleet/

[sneakypete]

Let's hope this happens. That money could be put to much better use elsewhere.

[Sanguine]

Let's hope this happens. That money could be put to much better use elsewhere.

Yeah, like in the pockets of the people who earned it.