Report: Navy can’t afford proposed fleet

[GreatAmerican]

<p><a href=“http://www.navytimes.com/news/2007/04/navy_fleet_070422w/[/url]”>http://www.navytimes.com/news/2007/04/navy_fleet_070422w/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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An April 10 research report to Congress on assembling the modern fleet says the Navy’s latest shipbuilding plan cannot achieve its intent of a 313-ship future fleet, up from today’s 275-ship force.</p>

<p>“The Navy’s 30-year shipbuilding plan does not include enough ships to fully support all the elements of the 313-ship fleet consistently over the long run,” according to the report entitled “Navy Force Structure and Shipbuilding Plans: Background and Issues for Congress,” produced by the Congressional Research Service…

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