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Navy/USMC

CBO Looks At Options To Quickly Increase Navy Missile Capability

Wednesday, May 20th, 2026

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CBO Looks At Options To Quickly Increase Navy Missile Capability

Vertical launch system missile canisters are loaded onto the guided-missile destroyer USS Pinckney (DDG 91) at Naval Weapons Station Seal Beach. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communications Specialist 1st Class Eli J. Medellin)

A Congressional Budget Office (CBO) report published this week examined three options to quickly increase the size and missile capability of the Navy’s fleet within five years in an effort to counter Chinese military leadership moves to make it feasible for them to invade Taiwan within a few years. “The growing power of China's navy and indications that that country's leaders want to have the capability to invade and occupy Taiwan by 2027 have created a sense of urgency in…

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