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Del Toro: Long-Term Shipbuilding Plan Will Retain Three Options

Del Toro: Long-Term Shipbuilding Plan Will Retain Three Options
Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro speaks to audience members at the National Museum of the U.S. Navy (NMUSN) during a ceremony celebrating the Navy’s 246th birthday on October 13, 2021. (Photo: U.S. Navy by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Ellen Sharkey)

The Navy’s upcoming 30-year shipbuilding plan will likely repeat last year’s plan pattern of presenting three options, the Secretary of the Navy said this week. “Unless things change dramatically, I think it will. It'll have three options there and I think that’s a good strategy - it provides options for future leaders to be able to make decisions based on the current threat of the day,” Carlos Del Toro said Wednesday during the annual McAleese Defense Programs Conference. Last year,…

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