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The US Navy wants a $4 billion cut to shipbuilding, but lawmakers say the plan is 'dead on arrival'
"The President's shipbuilding budget is not a 355-ship Navy budget," Rep. Joe Courtney, a Democrat …
Ryan Pickrell  Â
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The Pentagon has tried twice to mothball one of its aircraft carriers, but it keeps getting shut down
The Pentagon also proposed major cuts to the size of the fleet overall through early decommissionin…
Ryan Pickrell  Â
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The US Navy may need to find another $200 billion over the next 30 years if it wants 355 ships
Variations in the Navy and CBO estimates stem from different methodologies and considerations. CBO …
Ryan Pickrell  Â
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The Navy says it wants to shrink the Marine Corps by more than 2,000 Marines
The department said that the current plan for the "reduction of active duty Marine Corps end streng…
Ryan Pickrell  Â
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US Navy wants to get rid of an aircraft carrier to buy new weapons needed for a next-level fight with China
The decision to retire the Truman decades early, which reportedly came from Acting Secretary of Def…
Ryan Pickrell  Â
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Maritime Unions oppose NRI tax proposal in Budget 2020
New Delhi, Feb 3 () Terming the Budget 2020 proposal to tax NRIs in India as "draconian", maritime …
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The US Navy wants to arm each Zumwalt stealth destroyer with up to a dozen hypersonic missiles
The Zumwalt-class destroyers will be the US Navy's first warfighting vessels to be armed with hyper…
Ryan Pickrell  Â
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The US Navy may skip an important test so it can get its futuristic new aircraft carrier sooner
"Once the Ford comes online you can have the East Coast carriers essentially cover the Middle East …
Alex Lockie  Â
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The Navy secretary blasted Congress for criticizing the service's $13 billion carrier and threw the shipbuilder under the bus
The development of the ship, while it is progressing, has not exactly gone according to plan, and t…
Ryan Pickrell,Christopher Woo…  Â
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US aircraft carrier fleet set to shrink as Pentagon reportedly decides to retire USS Truman 2 decades early
While the Post estimated $4 billion in total savings, Breaking Defense writes that the decision may…
Ryan Pickrell  Â
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Weak shipbuilding could be the US Navy's Achilles' heel in a war with China
A hollowed out industrial base, which the Navy depends on, could spell trouble for the sea service …
Chris Panella  Â
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The Arctic Is The Next Frontier, And Russia Has A Huge Lead
The game's conclusions: The Navy is not adequately prepared to conduct long-term maritime Arctic op…
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South Korea's military has big problems that are much closer to home than North Korea
South Korea's military is seen as having qualitative and technological advantages over North Korea'…
Benjamin Brimelow  Â
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The US just awarded a billion-dollar contract for a critical anti-submarine tool that may soon be in short supply
Sonobuoys are limited by their battery life, and, if tracking a moving target, can become useless s…
Christopher Woody  Â
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Miss the Blue Angels and Thunderbirds flyby? Check out the footage people captured of the jets roaring over New York City to honor essential workers.
The jets flew a 35-minute path across the Northeastern states as a part of "Operation America Stron…