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Originally Posted by bigbill
And that's the reason we keep Aegis ships at sea so much in that part of the world. Not having enough ships to keep the OPTEMPO reasonable was a failure on the part of the Navy and Congress. The government shutdowns have hurt the maintainers and their budgets. Additionally the focus on building Littoral Combat Ships that lack the capability of our DDG and CG's have hurt readiness, but really boosted the careers of lawmakers whose district has the shipyards. Now we're left with a few ships, some of which are dinosaurs, to accomplish this mission. I was a Surface Warfare Officer and Aegis is an incredible system that we also share with our allies, but to be effective the ships have to be at sea.
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Agree 100%..it would be nice to tell the knuckleheads in congress what is REALLY needed for the military, by the Admirals and Generals, and tell them to just nod their collective heads.
AND just cancel the USAF..give the ground Nuke forces to the Army, and the USN can keep the ones at sea..12,000 foot runways are so 20th century vs USSR...And add 3-4 nuke CVs..