The incomparable Eric Labs from the Congressional Budget Office has produced a report on the Navy's Amphibious fleet. Like all of Dr. Labs' work, it is fact-laden and unemotional. The Navy will never field enough amphibs in its 30 year plan to support the Marine Corps war fighting requirement, nor will it field enough to keep up with COCOM presence demand which has increased 80% since 2007. Both of these requirements are subject to further scrutiny, but it is hard to reach any conclusion other than we need to build more of these highly desired and incredibly flexible ships.
Bryan McGrath
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