Photo: USNI U.S. Naval InstituteCSBA’s $20 Billion A Year Shipbuilding Plan -- DoD Buzz
The Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments has finally released the much anticipated report on the U.S. Navy by Robert Work, considered by many as this country’s top naval analyst. Work gave a fantastic briefing this week on the state of the Navy and his recommendations for future shipbuilding. He provided a wealth of information in the briefing and in the report which I highly recommend. I’ll summarize some of the key points from his assessment of the current state of the fleet and potential threats and recommendations for Navy shipbuilding.
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My Comment: An interesting read. But the budget projection of spending $600 billion over 30 years to maintain U.S. superiority on the seas is a bit optimistic in my books. the military and budget projection do not go hand in hand .... but one must give credit to the authors of this report for at least trying.