![]() This is represented by a wider objective range. It notes that new types of platforms, such as unmanned vessels, “bring great potential, but also have greater developmental risk. Those 321 to 372 manned ships would be supplemented by a yet-to-be-determined number of unmanned surface and underwater vessels – between 77 and 140, according to the document. Mike Gilday said this week that, “based on the top-line that we have, that we can afford a Navy of about 300 ships” – and there’s not much hope that Navy shipbuilding budgets will increase drastically in the next few years. ![]() The lower number, though, is more in line with current fiscal constraints and industry capacity. A fleet of 321 manned ships would be a departure from past modeling, wargaming and analysis that pointed to a fleet of 355 or more manned ships to counter threats from China and Russia in a future fight. ![]()
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