The Navy’s forward-deployed aircraft carrier Ronald Reagan cruises during Talisman Sabre 2019 on July 22, 2019, in the Coral Sea. (Navy photo by MC2 Kaila Peters/Navy)
David B. Larter and Joe Gould, Defense News: With mounting questions about cost and survivability, a shifting political landscape for US aircraft carriers
WASHINGTON – The new chief of naval operations, Adm. Michael Gilday, was confirmed quickly by the Senate last week, but lawmakers made clear that the cost and growing vulnerability of aircraft carriers to ever-faster and evasive missiles will be among the issues he’s expected to tackle when he officially takes the reins.
The Navy’s main force projection tool, the carrier, became a punching bag for several lawmakers at Gilday’s confirmation hearing, with lawmakers alternately raising the threat posed by Chinese and Russian hypersonic missiles, and berating the Navy’s future top admiral for the significant delays and cost overruns associated with the new carrier Gerald R. Ford.
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WNU Editor: This debate is long overdue.
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