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Navy Shifts Sequestration Strategy To Save Ships

Navy Shifts Sequestration Strategy To Save Ships
USS George Washington (CVN 73) Carrier Strike Group and Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) ships steam in formation for a photo exercise during the final day of Exercise Keen Sword 2011. Photo courtesy U.S. Navy

The Navy has adopted a different strategy to cope with sequestration if it returns, one aiming to curtail the number of ships that would be cut from the fleet but would likely take a greater toll on upgrading and adding new capabilities to existing vessels, Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Jonathan Greenert said Wednesday.During testimony before the Senate Armed Services Committee, Greenert said that rather than retire ships as called for in previous plans, the Navy would instead scale back…

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