The Obama administration’s focus on expanding the military presence in the Asia-Pacific likely spared the Navy from taking any major hits to its shipbuilding programs, but plans to delay construction on some vessels beyond the next five years could raise questions as to how the service can execute that strategy and lead to resistance from Congress. In outlining its spending priorities ahead of the Feb. 13 rollout of the Defense Department budget proposal, the Pentagon eliminated 16 ships beginning in…
Asia-Pacific Strategy Exposes Navy Shipbuilding Plan To Criticism
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