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HASC Vice Chair Calls For New Navy Maritime Strategy, Budget Increases To Counter China

HASC Vice Chair Calls For New Navy Maritime Strategy, Budget Increases To Counter China
NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (June 17, 2019) Capt. John J. Cummings, USS Gerald R. Ford's (CVN 78) commanding officer, right, and Lt. Cmdr. Chabonnie Alexander, Ford's ordnance handling officer, left, brief Rep. Elaine Luria, vice chair, House Armed Services Committee-Seapower subcommittee, during a demonstration of Ford's advanced weapons elevators. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Zachary Melvin/ Released)

The House Armed Services Committee’s vice chair, and one of panel’s top Navy proponents, wants to see the service form a new maritime strategy that avoids assumed budget constraints and details capabilities “it actually needs” to counter China. During a Hudson Institute discussion, Rep. Elaine Luria (D-Va.) said she believes the Navy lacks an actionable long-term vision required for a new strategy and advocated for the service to receive annual five percent topline increases to ensure the necessary investments to…

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