“This is a terrible idea for several reasons,” Bryan Clark of the Hudson Institute said. The oldest ships would need to undergo a service life extension, while the newer ships would have to undergo expensive upgrades for a complex new mission.
By Paul McLeary“The committee is concerned that the SDA is not positioned to execute its mission in an effective manner” and is not “equipped to focus on the many priorities it has set,” the Strategic Forces Subcommittee asserts.
By Theresa HitchensWhile Army and Navy spending nearly double, Air Force and independent agency spending drops almost 40 percent.
By Theresa Hitchens and Sydney J. Freedberg Jr.