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Trump could be missing the opportunity to rebuild the Navy efficiently and quickly
On Friday the White House released its new Maritime Access Plan, laying out a comprehensive strategy for addressing shortfalls in the maritime-industrial base.
The plan highlights a number of innovative programs for rebuilding America’s commercial fleet and could lead to partnerships with cost-effective, reliable partners like Korea and Japan.
It could also bolster President Donald Trump’s development of a “Golden Fleet” to restore American naval supremacy.
Trump’s instincts are right: America needs to invest in its Navy, its ship-building capacity and its maritime industrial base and supply chain.
His prioritization of the Navy’s surface fleet, which has been ignored for far too long, is also spot on.
Unfortunately, the Navy’s existing plans for the Golden Fleet rely on a tired, over-extended US shipbuilding base that won’t deliver needed results.
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Start with the construction of the next generation of small surface combatants, or frigates.
After wisely canceling work on the Constellation-class frigate, Navy Secretary John Phelan hastily announced a........