Recently Vice Admiral Tom Moore, Naval Systems Sea Command (NavSea), announced an extension in the expected service life of several classes of ships to 40 years as part of a plan to reach sooner the Navy’s goal of 355 ships. While some think this is sleight-of-hand, I say this step is not bold enough—change it to 50 now, for all Navy ships.
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