Kris Osborne, Warrior Maven: Massive Warship Expansion: Navy to Add 30 New Destroyers by 2034
Within the next 15 years, the Navy plans to add as many as 30 DDG 51 Destroyers
The Navy’s ambitious fleet-size expansion relies upon a massive increase in heavily armed Destroyers able to launch long-range attacks, fire interceptor missiles, defend carrier strike groups and engage in massive open blue water warfare.
Within the next 15 years, the Navy plans to add as many as 30 DDG 51 Destroyers, including 22 new, high-tech DDG 51 Flight III warships and eight state-of-the-art DDG 51 Flight IIA destroyers. Prioritizing such a large number of these warships offers an interesting analytical window into Navy thinking about the next five decades of ocean war.
In addition to adding 30 new destroyers, the Navy’ also seeks 15 LCS’, 18 of the new Frigates and as many as 32 new attack submarines in the next 15 years. While many new ships are now under construction, the current number of Navy ships is roughly in the high 280s, a number the Navy hopes to grow to 355 by 2034.
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Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- April 1, 2019
Why two carriers left Norfolk just hours apart -- Mark D. Faram, Navy Times
Pacific Commander Wants Subs The Navy Just Doesn’t Have -- Breaking Defense
USS Eisenhower back at sea after upgrades in Norfolk -- UPI
U.S. Navy Turned A British Amphibious Ship Into A Mine-Clearing Sea Base Packed With Drone Tech -- Warzone/The Drive
Count Unmanned Vessels -- Jerry Hendrix, NRO
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Major Pacific Exercise Preps Marines, Sailors for Large-Scale Maritime Battle -- Military.com
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New ‘Black Hawk Down’ documentary tells story of soldiers who saved Rangers, Delta Force troops -- Army Times
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The Pentagon’s cost assessment office needs to reassess its F-15EX findings -- Douglas Birkey, Defense News
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The Newest AI-Enabled Weapon: ‘Deep-Faking’ Photos of the Earth -- Defense One
America is still trying to win the last cyber war -- Christopher Porter, The Hill
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Army Gen. Stephen Townsend is nominated to lead AFRICOM -- Stars and Stripes
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NATO Membership for Cyprus. Yes, Cyprus. -- Damon Wilson, Atlantic Council
'Serious' questions over SAS involvement in Yemen war -- The Guardian
US, Russian Bombers Zip Past One Another Over Norwegian Sea in Drills -- Sputnik
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New Russian aircraft successfully completes its first test flight -- TASS
‘Flying Nightmare’: Russia Makes Aerial Shotgun-Wielding Drone -- Sputnik
Donald Trump nears sale of new F-16V jets to Taiwan, a move seen as ‘huge shock’ to Beijing -- SCMP
Taiwan blasts China for ‘reckless and provocative’ fighter jet incursion -- SCMP/AFP
Chinese jets’ incursion across Taiwan Strait is Beijing’s way of pushing back against the US, say analysts -- SCMP
China’s Activities in the Polar Regions Cannot Go Unchecked -- By Captain Tuan N. Pham, U.S. Navy, US Naval Institute
India launches top secret spy satellite into orbit along with cubesat swarm (VIDEO, PHOTOS) -- RT
India's anti-satellite missile test may have created 6,500 pieces of space junk larger than a pencil eraser, according to a new simulation -- Business Insider
Australia's Transition to the Hunter-Class Frigate -- Marcus Hellyer, The Strategist
South Korea begins excavation of war remains in DMZ -- UPI
More bad news about this Pearl Harbor memorial -- Navy Times/AP
