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http://www.military.com/news/article/lawmaker-navy-faces-alarming-readiness-deficiencies-.html

“NAPLES, Italy — More than a fifth of Navy ships fell short of combat readiness in the past two years, and fewer than half of the service’s deployed combat aircraft are ready for their mission at any given time.

With an ascendant China on the high seas and a potential $400 billion in Defense Department budget cuts over the next decade, the Navy is facing “glaring deficiencies that are nothing short of alarming,” the ranking member of the House’s Readiness Subcommittee said at a hearing this week.

The Navy’s deployed ships spend nearly 40 percent of their time under way with at least one major equipment or system failure, according to U.S. Rep. Randy Forbes, R-Va., chairman of the subcommittee, which falls under the House Armed Services Committee.”


5 posted on 07/28/2011 6:11:19 PM PDT by Eyes Unclouded ("The word bipartisan means some larger-than-usual deception is being carried out." -George Carlin)
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ships spend nearly 40 percent of their time under way with at least one major equipment or system failure,

And this is a change from the way things used to be exactly how?

20 posted on 07/28/2011 6:37:07 PM PDT by AndyJackson
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