The Rest Of The Story: Trump, DoD & Hill Readied INF Pullout For Years

The Rest Of The Story: Trump, DoD & Hill Readied INF Pullout For Years
The Rest Of The Story: Trump, DoD & Hill Readied INF Pullout For Years

WASHINGTON: Unreleased Pentagon documents and Congressional demands for information reveal that Washington has long planned for the day when the Intermediate-range Nuclear Forces Treaty (INF) with Russia would be ripped up. The report by the Joint Staff and Strategic Command, exclusively obtained by Breaking Defense, make clear that as far back as 2013 — a…

Collisions Study Shows Navy Needs Better Training, More Ships: CNO

Collisions Study Shows Navy Needs Better Training, More Ships: CNO
Collisions Study Shows Navy Needs Better Training, More Ships: CNO

WASHINGTON: Lookouts were looking in the wrong direction on the USS Fitzgerald. The bridge crew – including the commander – didn’t know how the helm worked on the USS McCain. The collisions that killed 17 sailors this summer were “preventable” lapses in basic seamanship, the Chief of Naval Operations admitted today, as he ordered a…

355-Ship Fleet Costs $5B Extra Per Year: CRS

355-Ship Fleet Costs $5B Extra Per Year: CRS
355-Ship Fleet Costs $5B Extra Per Year: CRS

WASHINGTON: Building the Navy’s 355-ship fleet will be even harder than we thought, according to a new study from the Congressional Research Service. Veteran Navy expert Ronald O’Rourke estimates that, even if US shipyards work 50 percent faster than today, we wouldn’t have enough aircraft carriers until roughly 2030 — 14 years from now — and enough…