https://x.com/johnkonrad/status/1838524069794451951
It’s not looking good. I’ve been told by a shipowner the Navy does not have a spare oiler to deploy and is scrambling to find a commercial oil tanker to refuel the Abraham Lincoln carrier group.
— John Ʌ Konrad V (@johnkonrad) September 24, 2024
Updates over at gCaptain forum: https://t.co/nNG6uSYGJJ https://t.co/wGP2GTYyAw pic.twitter.com/ec2oN3CpSf
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Overindexed on Army and SOF.
Underindexed on Navy and Air Force.
Generals seething and coping that they aren't getting more budgets for ships and planes.
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I read something a while ago that republicans in red states basically strangled the navy in favor of ground forces because they all wanted defense spending in their districts and there arent any really coastal republicans.
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Sorta. Shipbuilding is just expensive and polluting and Coastal Democrats just didn't want military stuff because they're all secret commies.
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Yeah these are Chinese shipyard workers leaving their shift. There's no way the US could keep up paying these guys $70-$100k salary building 1000 ships a year.
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