03/12/2013
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"We touched on this already, but the U.S. Office of Naval Intelligence does project an unclassified assessment that China will have between 313 and 342 submarines and surface combatants by 2020."
"So obviously today's budgetary constraints are familiar to all of us, and some of the hardest decisions that we are going to make will be basically trade-offs between the highly capital-intensive inve..."
"The United States has enjoyed a significant advantage in C4ISR capabilities, but China has made significant efforts to acquire those same capabilities."
"I am concerned about the programmed shrinking of our attack submarine fleet, as well as the impending retirement of our SSGNs without replacement."