16 Senators Request More Naval Funding

27 June The Hill - 16 Senators Request More Naval Funding.

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...Sixteen lawmakers wrote a letter to Rumsfeld on Friday asking him to increase the Navy’s top-line budget to provide $14 billion for ship procurement....

The letter was signed by Sens. Susan Collins (R-Maine), Jack Reed (D-R.I.), Trent Lott (R-Miss.), Jim Talent (R-Mo.), Olympia Snowe (R-Maine), Chris Dodd (D-Conn.), Lincoln Chafee (R-R.I.), Mike DeWine (R-Ohio), Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), Daniel Akaka (D-Hawaii), David Vitter (R-La.), Frank Lautenberg (D-N.J.), Bill Nelson (D-Fla.), Joe Lieberman (D-Conn.), Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.) and Mary Landrieu (D-La.).

Most of the lawmakers are from states that have large shipbuilding facilities or companies that work directly with the industry....

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How shocking! I cant believe that Senators who represent shipyards or naval bases/stations in Maine, Conn., S.C., R.I., Hawaii and Wash. would want more money. I am confident that it is because they are true believers in sea power.

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“Some experts have projected that China’s Navy will outnumber the U.S. fleet by 2015, less than one decade from now,” the Senators wrote.

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Yea, right - it's the numbers that count - not the capabilities of the platforms and crew.

Using that logic we should also have a ground force of 1.6 million plus to make sure we are at least equal with the PLA.

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Originally Posted by SWJED

Yea, right - it's the numbers that count - not the capabilities of the platforms and crew.

Using that logic we should also have a ground force of 1.6 million plus to make sure we are at least equal with the PLA.

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Doesn't the scale tip at some point? You can only sink so many at one time. They become better, too.

Martin