Navy Chief Warns Of 2020s Shipbuilding Crunch
By Michael Bruno .
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he U.S. chief of naval operations is warning the government to start heading off severe budget challenges for naval forces in the 2020s, when a surge of ships built in the 1980s will “age out” at the same time when the Navy will be trying to replace its strategic submarine and nuclear aircraft carrier fleets.
“The biggest issue is the decade of the ’20s,” Navy Adm. ...
