Preserving the Navyäó»s Forward Presence with a Smaller Fleet

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By Eric Labs (au)
Year: 2015
Pages: 33
Binding Paperback
ISBN 978-1-4578-6748-4

Product Code: 1457867486

Description

The Navy considers it a core responsibility to maintain a forward presence -- to keep some of its fleet far from U.S. shores in areas important to national interests. About one-third of the fleet is deployed overseas. The rest of the ships are in or near their home ports in the U.S. for maintenance, training, or sustainment. Most of the Navyäó»s current forward presence of about 100 ships sail from ports in the US.; 31 others are stationed in foreign countries or at overseas U.S. military bases. The Navy expects to boost the proportion of ships that it bases abroad. This report estimates that, for the next 30 years, the Navyäó»s 2015 shipbuilding plan (which aims to increase the fleet to 306 ships by 2022) would cost about $21 billion annually. The Navyäó»s estimates set the figure at about $19 billion per year. This report assessed the effects of three smaller annual shipbuilding budgets -- $16 billion, $14 billion, and $12 billion -- for the next 30 years. In all three cases, by 2044, the fleet would be smaller than under the Navyäó»s current plan. Tables and figures. This is a print on demand report.

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