https://thehill.com/opinion/national-security/4624326-almost-all-navy-shipbuilding-is-hopelessly-behind-schedule-as-war-looms/
"Two weeks ago, the Navy announced that all of its major shipbuilding programs would be delayed — by years. The first of ten new Columbia-class nuclear ballistic submarines is 12 to 16 months behind schedule. The aircraft carrier Enterprise is 18 to 26 months late. The Virginia attack-class submarine is two years behind. And the Navy’s newest class of ships, a guided missile frigate called the Constellation, is already a full three years behind schedule."
And war does loom...
Time is running out and the navy seems to have dropped the ball, and then fallen on its face trying to pick it up.
Should we (with certain exceptions) strip the navy of much of its shipbuilding funding to put it into the services that seem to have largely re-invented themselves successfully?
The USAF with the B-21, B-52 modernization, the F-15EX (aside from planned numbers), and what we think we know about the NGAD program - seems to be on track to deliver effective systems in a fairly short timeframe.
The US Army has ramped up its air defenses, mostly streamlined it AFV programs, and is rapidly increasing its long-range firepower.
What USN procurement project is well enough run to continue?
Have all the issues with the Ford been worked out?
Do we have confidence that the latest version of the Burke isn't going to take 5 years to get right?
The Virginia seems capable, but we need two per year minimum, we'll need three per year soon - now we are barely managing what? 1.2 per year?
All that shipbuilding budget (that doesn't seem to be producing ships) could be used to ramp up
B-21
F-15EX
Army long-range precision fires
munitions (all kinds for all services - from 6.8mm to 155mm, Standard Missiles, MK48s, AIM-260, LRASM, etc...) finishing development as well as massively increasing production
Keep?
Ford class build, assuming the issues have been dealt with
Virginia class (expanded drastically)
Burke class
All other programs to pause and reset themselves for longer-term success. For 2-5 years focus on the systems that will give us significant payoff in the looming fight.
"Two weeks ago, the Navy announced that all of its major shipbuilding programs would be delayed — by years. The first of ten new Columbia-class nuclear ballistic submarines is 12 to 16 months behind schedule. The aircraft carrier Enterprise is 18 to 26 months late. The Virginia attack-class submarine is two years behind. And the Navy’s newest class of ships, a guided missile frigate called the Constellation, is already a full three years behind schedule."
And war does loom...
Time is running out and the navy seems to have dropped the ball, and then fallen on its face trying to pick it up.
Should we (with certain exceptions) strip the navy of much of its shipbuilding funding to put it into the services that seem to have largely re-invented themselves successfully?
The USAF with the B-21, B-52 modernization, the F-15EX (aside from planned numbers), and what we think we know about the NGAD program - seems to be on track to deliver effective systems in a fairly short timeframe.
The US Army has ramped up its air defenses, mostly streamlined it AFV programs, and is rapidly increasing its long-range firepower.
What USN procurement project is well enough run to continue?
Have all the issues with the Ford been worked out?
Do we have confidence that the latest version of the Burke isn't going to take 5 years to get right?
The Virginia seems capable, but we need two per year minimum, we'll need three per year soon - now we are barely managing what? 1.2 per year?
All that shipbuilding budget (that doesn't seem to be producing ships) could be used to ramp up
B-21
F-15EX
Army long-range precision fires
munitions (all kinds for all services - from 6.8mm to 155mm, Standard Missiles, MK48s, AIM-260, LRASM, etc...) finishing development as well as massively increasing production
Keep?
Ford class build, assuming the issues have been dealt with
Virginia class (expanded drastically)
Burke class
All other programs to pause and reset themselves for longer-term success. For 2-5 years focus on the systems that will give us significant payoff in the looming fight.
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