if we continue with the degree of spending we have had for shipbuilding and ship construction on an average over the last 30 years, instead of increasing the number of ships, we will ultimately be down to 237 ships.
Forbes warns about declining Navy ship numbers due to historical spending levels.
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I am not really--there may be a lot of excuses for not getting there by 2020 for the Air Force, but I am not listening to excuses on the civilian side anymore.
The threats to freedom of navigation that emanate from the South China Sea and reverberate globally are a great enough threat to the United States.
If we reach about a level of 260 ships, we cease to be a superpower, and we become a regional power.
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