Are American Warships Obsolete? Pt 1

The aircraft carrier Ronald Reagan. Christopher Brown / Navy

From New Wars:

Here at New Wars we offer alternatives for the US Navy’s business as usual construction programs for various reasons. The renewed need for increased numbers of ships is a primary motivating factor, to shrink the fleet’s admitted “presence deficit” in the world’s littoral regions. Another might be the high cost of ships, partly due to the dramatic increase in size of all classes of warships in the past few decades, partly because of an over-dependence on high technology such as long-range area defense weapons (because of the Navy’s obsession over land powers). According to an article in Foreign Affairs (free with register) “The Pentagon’s Wasting Assets“, there is a more urgent need as the entire US Navy as now configured is at risk to destruction:

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My Comment: Both posts are excellent readings. I look forward to the next one from New Wars.