Pentagon officials are discussing the number of naval ships to 530 ships.(Take from the US Navy Facebook)
(Morning News) The documents obtained by reporters from the Defense News Weekly show that the future naval proposal that the Pentagon is about to be released will require a significant increase in the number of ships. Officials are discussing the number of naval ships to 530 ships.
Files show that the US Navy is developing towards light, and it will have more ships, but the number of aircraft carriers and large surface combat ships will decrease.On the contrary, this fleet will include more small surface battleships, unmanned vessels and submarines, as well as larger logistics forces.
According to the reference news, the US media reported on September 26 that the two teams that were entrusted by the Minister of Defense Esper and the future navy planning were proposed that the number of ships that the US Navy should have between 480 and 534 ships.Compared with the current target of 355 ships in 2030, the number of proposals has increased by at least 35%.
All these numbers come from the draft of the relevant research research in April in the future.This research report was written by the Minister of Defense's Office.