Trump-backed Navy expansion would boost costs some $400 billion over 30 years: study

[DonViejo]

Source: Reuters


Mon Apr 24, 2017 | 5:14pm EDT

Expanding the U.S. Navy to 355 ships as recommended by military leaders and backed by President Donald Trump would cost some $400 billion more over the next 30 years than the currently planned 308-ship fleet, according to a study released on Monday.

The annual cost to build, crew and operate a 355-ship fleet would be about $102 billion, or 13 percent more than the $90 billion needed for the currently planned Navy, according to the study by the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office.

The $102 billion cost of the 355-ship fleet is 33 percent more than Congress appropriated in 2016 for the current 275-ship Navy, the CBO said. To achieve the larger force, the Navy would need $26.6 billion annually for ship construction, which is 60 percent more than the average amount that Congress has appropriated for shipbuilding in the past 30 years, the CBO study said.

The Navy's 2017 shipbuilding plan called for boosting the size of the fleet to 308 ships, which was expected to cost $21.2 billion per year to implement over 30 years.


Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-defense-navy-idUSKBN17Q295

[LastLiberal in PalmSprings]

1. I bet Trump foresees an aircraft carrier bearing his name

Just what we need -- more Navy ships in the days of Exorcet missiles and supersonic torpedos

[jmowreader]

4. Oh, there's a ship in Dipshit Donnie's future

The US Navy is in dire need of a new class of garbage barge. The Donald Trump-class Garbage Barges will proudly serve the Navy until the year 2050. Powered by a Russian-made marine engine in honor of our erstwhile president's only friends, and skippered by a Seaman Apprentice (the lowest rank in the Navy that has insignia), the five-ship class will bear the monikers of some of America's most reviled presidents. The USNS Donald Trump will sail first, followed by the USNS Richard Nixon, USNS Herbert Hoover, USNS Millard Fillmore and USNS Andrew Johnson. Uniquely among the class, the Trump will be manufactured with many features to symbolize the levelheadedness and ardor of our 45th president's administration. There will be a six-foot hole in the bottom, all the wiring will be the same color, roughly half the terminals in the ship's electrical service room will be mislabeled, the door to the engine room will have a piece of Jersey barrier in front of it so you can't get in, the steering wheel and shifters will be installed backwards so when you try to turn right the boat goes left and when you attempt to put it in "low forward" it backs up at full speed, and we'll refuse to pay the contractor because it's not the right shade of gray.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

2. That's not $400 Billion, that's $400 Billion MORE. It's $3,060 Billion instead of $2,700 Billion. nt

[bucolic_frolic]

3. Nothing but inflation as far as the eye can see

This ego-driven budget is destroying America by destroying its currency

[Demtexan]

5. Just like Russia

Guns not butter.

He wants a ship named after him right now.

It will be bigly.