Murtha has a few interesting comments for the Navy."We hope we can come to agreement with yourselves and the Senate to get at least 10 ships" next year, Murtha told Navy leaders at a budget hearing. "Our industrial base is so small now. We need to build as many ships as we can. We need to look at all the options."
Murtha also expressed concern about long-range Navy plans that would reduce the aircraft carrier fleet from 11 to 10 temporarily.
"I worry you're talking about going down to 10 carriers," he said. "I know how expensive they are. On the other hand, you can only force yourselves out there so often," he said of ship deployments. "You're going to have breakdowns."
As we have previously highlighted, Congress wants 10 ships this year, not 7. I honestly have no idea how this will happen until either Congress or the Navy kills the evil infection within the shipbuilding plan.
Yep, that one.
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