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.
帝国海军计画两年内将10艘巡洋舰退役 剩余12艘进行升级
但最终将于2027年全数退役
目前计画以勃克级III取代 但服役速度远低于除役速度
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.
众议院不满该决定
前印太司令部司令警告：中国可能在十年内对台采取行动
帝国海军：请给我黄金！！！
不过2025年左右真的是美军战力的空窗期
陆军师正在重组 还有6.8mm弹药转换问题
海军大量除役舰艇 但新的舰艇建造不够快
陆战队也还在转型
中国的确可能被迫把握这个时间点行动 即便尚未准备完成