“This is going to be devastating for [Fincantieri’s] workforce. They invested heavily buying the yard in 2009 and invested a lot to win the frigate class competition,” one analyst told Breaking Defense.
Analysts told Breaking Defense it would take weeks for a ship to reach the Middle East, and actually getting patients aboard presents myriad logistical, diplomatic and security problems.
Knowing when to build on commercial systems and when to develop something new can be the difference between parity and information dominance.
"The threat before the nation requires timely action, and the current trajectory simply doesn’t match reality," writes Brent Sadler of the Heritage Foundation.
Rep. Elaine Luria and analysts say the US Navy must a play the long game when it comes to confronting China's territorial claims in the South China Sea.