Steve Wills,CIMSEC
There has been much gnashing of teeth and complaint in response to the U.
S. Navy's slow build toward a goal of 355 ships. Peacetime naval buildups by free societies hold never been simple undertakings. Such governments generally retire large numbers of warships in search of peace dividends, from which recovery is often a challenge. If ill-timed, or they can result in large numbers of warships that are out of date before they total even a decade of service,or need to be retired before the end of the service lives to carve costs. Getting to the right numbers of ships, particularly in a period...
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