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Navy: Cuts Threaten 306-Ship Fleet Goal
http://www.dodbuzz.com/2014/08/07/navy-cuts-threaten-306-ship-fleet-goal/
Navy: Cuts Threaten 306-Ship Fleet Goal
By Kris Osborn Thursday, August 7th, 2014 9:25 am
Posted in Naval, Sequestration
The Navy’s recently released 2015 30-year shipbuilding plan says the service is in danger of not realizing its anticipated vision for a fleet size of more than 300 ships and submarines because there simply is not enough money available to meet stated requirements.
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Let's talk numbers:
The USS Gerald R Ford (aircraft carrier under construction) will come in somewhere between $16 ~ $40 billion dollars. Previous Nimitz-class carriers cost around $4.5 billion dollars.
Zumwalt-class destroyers (under construction) will cost at least $5.6 billion dollars. Arleigh Burke-class destroyers cost at least $1.8 billion dollars.
Littoral Combat Ships currently cost over $600 million dollars each. The Navy's Bluewater plan listed these at $200 million dollars. Generally speaking these things are nothing more than target barges - a 57mm popgun? Really?
The list goes on and on and on.