Despite clear direction from Congress over repeated years, the Navy hasn't allocated money to build new sealift ships. And The FY23 Chief Naval Operations long range shipbuilding plan has no mention of building a new sea lift fleet. but rather only to buy used, which really means foreign and refit. The decision to neglect shipbuilding, I think along with our government's past decisions across decades to consolidate the defense industrial base and send our supply chains overseas. (00:56–01:05)
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Asserts that the FY23 Chief Naval Operations plan does not include building a new sealift fleet.
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