After a Decade of Debate, Cruisers Set to Exit Fleet in 5 Years
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But now the Navy wants to abandon the modernization as part of a wide-ranging
cut of legacy platforms the service says cost too much to fix and maintain.
In the next five years, the Navy plans to shed its entire cruiser force,
including the ships part of the ongoing modernization program, according to
the long-range shipbuilding plan released this week.
Should Congress allow the Navy to move forward with its plan, the service
would decommission 10 cruisers in two years, bringing the cruiser inventory
down from 22 ships to 12 by the end of Fiscal Year 2023.
All 22 remaining cruisers are set to leave the fleet by 2027.
The Navy’s current plan is to replace the cruisers with the upcoming Flight
III Arleigh Burke-class destroyers. The first Flight III, Jack Lucas
(DDG-125), is set to commission next year. The destroyers will enter service
at a rate far slower than the cruisers are leaving.
帝國海軍計畫兩年內將10艘巡洋艦退役 剩餘12艘進行升級
但最終將於2027年全數退役
目前計畫以勃克級III取代 但服役速度遠低於除役速度
Rep. Elaine Luria (D-Va.), the former executive officer of Anzio, has been a
vocal critic of the Navy’s plan to decommission the cruisers in the face of
China’s naval buildup. Luria and others have invoked the “Davidson window”
– former U.S. Indo-Pacific Command chief Adm. Phil Davidson’s warning that
China could move against Taiwan by the end of the decade.
眾議院不滿該決定
前印太司令部司令警告：中國可能在十年內對台採取行動
帝國海軍：請給我黃金！！！
不過2025年左右真的是美軍戰力的空窗期
陸軍師正在重組 還有6.8mm彈藥轉換問題
海軍大量除役艦艇 但新的艦艇建造不夠快
陸戰隊也還在轉型
中國的確可能被迫把握這個時間點行動 即便尚未準備完成