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HEADLINES & GLOBAL NEWS By Feb 02, 2021 05:54 AM EST The light carrier studies will determine if the small carrier is worth the effort to add to the US fleet. One of the considerations is how they will fit into the overall strategy. Having supercarriers is advantageous for any nation, but they are high maintenance, yet small carriers are lighter on the budget alternative. Why small carriers? Naval engineers are working on smaller carrier designs incorporated in a joint force as supercarrier replacements or added to a carrier strike group at less cost. These ships are less complicated and very cost-effective as well, reported USNI. ....
By Colin Clark on January 21, 2021 at 8:30 AM Lloyd Austin after being nominated by President-elect Joe Biden in Delaware on Dec. 9 WASHINGTON: One legacy of the Trump Administration that looks likely to endure under Biden: a willingness to stand up to Beijing. Some observers expected the Biden Administration to take a more hands-off approach to the Chinese threat, with Trump even posting an attack add that called Biden “China’s puppet.” But based on testimony from retired Gen. Lloyd Austin, Biden’s nominee for Secretary of Defense, early indications are that Trump has changed the terms of the strategic debate. The United States must do more to counter China’s “aggressive and coercive actions,” Austin told the Senate, saying Beijing “presents an increasingly urgent challenge to our vital interests in the Indo-Pacific region and around the world.” ....
By Paul McLeary on January 19, 2021 at 7:16 PM Navy carriers lined up at Norfolk, Va. WASHINGTON: The Pentagon will take a hard new look at the Trump Administration’s last-minute shipbuilding plans, presumptive Defense Secretary nominee Lloyd Austin’s said in written responses to questions before today’s nomination hearing. A new 30-year Shipbuilding Plan is due with the 2022 budget submission expected in March or April, while the Future Naval Force Study (FNFS) would require tens of billions more to be pumped into the Navy’s shipbuilding account a plan that might end up being a non-starter for the new administration saddled with billions in Covid costs and a skyrocketing debt. ....
Toggle open close The Issue On December 9, 2020, the U.S. Navy released its Annual Long-Range Plan for Construction of Naval Vessels, focusing on great-power competition, for fiscal year (FY) 2022 to FY 2051. By itself, this plan is inadequate; it details neither fleet employment nor needed industrial base expansion. Moreover, the plan does not inform the FY 2021 National Defense Authorization Act. The Naval plan promises a manned fleet of 355 ships three years earlier than the current plan, while deliberately phasing in unmanned ships to the fleet, eventually reaching more than 400 manned ships by 2045. However, it does not provide for building and then sustaining a logistics fleet to meet current and anticipated needs. Unless the Navy can champion this plan successfully, building the needed fleet will be questionable given an accelerating naval competition with China and Russia. ....
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