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Navy/USMC

Navy Chief, Sen. McCain Welcome Calls For Fleet Overhaul

By Marc Selinger

Friday, February 10th, 2017

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Navy Chief, Sen. McCain Welcome Calls For Fleet Overhaul

The USS Carl Vinson (CVN-70). (Photo: U.S. Navy)

A top naval official and a key lawmaker on Feb. 10 both welcomed three newly released studies that urge the Navy to revamp and expand its arsenal of ships.The studies reached many similar conclusions, including the need to build significantly more ships than planned, operate naval forces in a more distributed manner, increase the use of unmanned systems, develop smaller aircraft carriers and increase the lethality of weapons systems, said Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.), chairman of the Senate Armed Services…

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