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Navy, Marines push ‘campaigning forward’ strategy as vital to deterring China
The Navy and Marines say “campaigning forward,” or being a constant presence where the enemy wants to be operating, will be an effective deterrent against Chinese aggression.
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US Navy reveals ships facing potential decommissioning next year
The Navy wants to decommission 24 ships in 2023. Eight are at the end of their planned lives, but 16 would be retired early and will require a waiver and congressional approval.
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Marines’ 2023 wish list includes funding a ship the Navy plans to cancel
The Marine Corps’ top item on its spending wish list is funding for LPD-33, even though the Navy announced earlier in the week it would end the LPD production line at hull 32.
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US Navy wants long-range missiles, more maintenance money in wish list
The Navy doesn’t want to buy more ships in FY23, even if more money is made available. It wants more funding for ship and plane maintenance as well as spare parts, and for long-range weapons to use in the Pacific theater.
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Russia, first in the headlines, is Pentagon’s No. 2 challenge
The Biden administration’s new defense strategy makes clear China is still the Pentagon’s bigger focus.
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US Navy seeks to end San Antonio-class ship production, reducing fleet by 8 amphibious hulls
The U.S. Navy wants to buy one last San Antonio-class amphibious ship and then end the production line, the service announced in its fiscal 2023 budget request.
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US Navy wants to cut nine LCSs, eliminate their anti-submarine mission
The U.S. Navy wants to decommission nine of its Freedom-variant littoral combat ships and eliminate the anti-submarine warfare mission for the ships, citing a tradeoff between the cost of the ships and equipment versus the warfighting capability they’d actually deliver.
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US Navy budget would pay for 9 ships, decommission 24 amid readiness drive
The Navy’s budget request would shrink the fleet in the near term, as growing Columbia submarine costs and the impacts of inflation squeeze out other priorities.
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Navy finalizes plans for next Rim of the Pacific exercise
The U.S. Navy and 26 of its partners and allies concluded a final planning conference for this year’s Rim of the Pacific exercise, the world’s largest maritime exercise that had to be scaled down in 2020 due to COVID-19 restrictions.
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US Navy considers alternatives to unmanned boats with missiles
The Navy wants to put more missile tubes out to sea by installing them on USVs. Congress isn’t comfortable enough yet with the state of unmanned technology. There could be an alternate plan to make both sides happy.
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Navy, Marines push ‘campaigning forward’ strategy as vital to deterring China
The Navy and Marines say “campaigning forward,” or being a constant presence where the enemy wants to be operating, will be an effective deterrent against Chinese aggression.
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US Navy reveals ships facing potential decommissioning next year
The Navy wants to decommission 24 ships in 2023. Eight are at the end of their planned lives, but 16 would be retired early and will require a waiver and congressional approval.
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Marines’ 2023 wish list includes funding a ship the Navy plans to cancel
The Marine Corps’ top item on its spending wish list is funding for LPD-33, even though the Navy announced earlier in the week it would end the LPD production line at hull 32.
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US Navy wants long-range missiles, more maintenance money in wish list
The Navy doesn’t want to buy more ships in FY23, even if more money is made available. It wants more funding for ship and plane maintenance as well as spare parts, and for long-range weapons to use in the Pacific theater.
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Russia, first in the headlines, is Pentagon’s No. 2 challenge
The Biden administration’s new defense strategy makes clear China is still the Pentagon’s bigger focus.
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US Navy seeks to end San Antonio-class ship production, reducing fleet by 8 amphibious hulls
The U.S. Navy wants to buy one last San Antonio-class amphibious ship and then end the production line, the service announced in its fiscal 2023 budget request.
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US Navy wants to cut nine LCSs, eliminate their anti-submarine mission
The U.S. Navy wants to decommission nine of its Freedom-variant littoral combat ships and eliminate the anti-submarine warfare mission for the ships, citing a tradeoff between the cost of the ships and equipment versus the warfighting capability they’d actually deliver.
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US Navy budget would pay for 9 ships, decommission 24 amid readiness drive
The Navy’s budget request would shrink the fleet in the near term, as growing Columbia submarine costs and the impacts of inflation squeeze out other priorities.
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Navy finalizes plans for next Rim of the Pacific exercise
The U.S. Navy and 26 of its partners and allies concluded a final planning conference for this year’s Rim of the Pacific exercise, the world’s largest maritime exercise that had to be scaled down in 2020 due to COVID-19 restrictions.
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US Navy considers alternatives to unmanned boats with missiles
The Navy wants to put more missile tubes out to sea by installing them on USVs. Congress isn’t comfortable enough yet with the state of unmanned technology. There could be an alternate plan to make both sides happy.
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Navy, Marines push ‘campaigning forward’ strategy as vital to deterring China
The Navy and Marines say “campaigning forward,” or being a constant presence where the enemy wants to be operating, will be an effective deterrent against Chinese aggression.
-
US Navy reveals ships facing potential decommissioning next year
The Navy wants to decommission 24 ships in 2023. Eight are at the end of their planned lives, but 16 would be retired early and will require a waiver and congressional approval.
-
Marines’ 2023 wish list includes funding a ship the Navy plans to cancel
The Marine Corps’ top item on its spending wish list is funding for LPD-33, even though the Navy announced earlier in the week it would end the LPD production line at hull 32.
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US Navy wants long-range missiles, more maintenance money in wish list
The Navy doesn’t want to buy more ships in FY23, even if more money is made available. It wants more funding for ship and plane maintenance as well as spare parts, and for long-range weapons to use in the Pacific theater.
-
Russia, first in the headlines, is Pentagon’s No. 2 challenge
The Biden administration’s new defense strategy makes clear China is still the Pentagon’s bigger focus.
-
US Navy seeks to end San Antonio-class ship production, reducing fleet by 8 amphibious hulls
The U.S. Navy wants to buy one last San Antonio-class amphibious ship and then end the production line, the service announced in its fiscal 2023 budget request.
-
US Navy wants to cut nine LCSs, eliminate their anti-submarine mission
The U.S. Navy wants to decommission nine of its Freedom-variant littoral combat ships and eliminate the anti-submarine warfare mission for the ships, citing a tradeoff between the cost of the ships and equipment versus the warfighting capability they’d actually deliver.
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US Navy budget would pay for 9 ships, decommission 24 amid readiness drive
The Navy’s budget request would shrink the fleet in the near term, as growing Columbia submarine costs and the impacts of inflation squeeze out other priorities.
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Navy finalizes plans for next Rim of the Pacific exercise
The U.S. Navy and 26 of its partners and allies concluded a final planning conference for this year’s Rim of the Pacific exercise, the world’s largest maritime exercise that had to be scaled down in 2020 due to COVID-19 restrictions.
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US Navy considers alternatives to unmanned boats with missiles
The Navy wants to put more missile tubes out to sea by installing them on USVs. Congress isn’t comfortable enough yet with the state of unmanned technology. There could be an alternate plan to make both sides happy.
