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https://breakingdefense.com/2017/10/15-subs-kept-out-of-service-177-months-of-drydock-backups/WASHINGTON: A massive maintenance backlog has idled 15 nuclear-powered attack submarines for a total of 177 months, and the Navy’s plan to mitigate the problem is jeopardized by budget gridlock, two House Armed Services Committee staffers told Breaking Defense.
That is almost 15 submarine-years, the equivalent of taking a boat from the 2018 budget and not adding it back until 2033.
While only Congress can pass a budget and lift caps on spending, the staffers said, part of the solution is in the Navy’s hands: outsource more work to private-sector shipyards, something the Navy does not like to do.
More of the same but getting worse, and it will get worse still, because we suck now at even the basics of running a country.
Our navy is too small, too reliant on carriers, too short good officers, and too often not available to sail.
Lord help us the next time we need them.
SAD