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By   Paul McLeary on January 11, 2021 at 2:05 PM Naval Strike Missile WASHINGTON: After years of discussion, the Navy and Marine Corps are getting ready to see if they can fit long-range anti-ship missiles aboard amphibious ships, expected to play a bigger role in challenging Chinese claims in the Pacific.  Placing the Naval Strike Missile on these smaller flattops would be in keeping with the push to add more punch to the US fleet, as China and Russia push their own long-range weapons out to sea.  “We have these magnificent 600-foot-long, highly survivable, highly LPD 17s,” Marine M...

USNI News Report to Congress on Navy Force Structure December 29, 2020 8:11 AM The following is the Dec. 23, 2020 Congressional Research Service report, Navy Force Structure and Shipbuilding Plans: Background and Issues for Congress.. From the report In December 2016, the Navy released a force-structure goal that calls for achieving and maintaining a fleet of 355 ships of certain types and numbers. The 355-ship goal was made U.S. policy by Section 1025 of the FY2018 National Defense Authorization Act (H.R. 2810/P.L. 115-91 of December 12, 2017). The Navy and the Department of Defense (DOD) ha...

USNI News Report to Congress on Navy Force Structure December 15, 2020 8:32 AM The following is the Dec. 10, 2020 Congressional Research Service report, Navy Force Structure and Shipbuilding Plans: Background and Issues for Congress. From the report In December 2016, the Navy released a force-structure goal that calls for achieving and maintaining a fleet of 355 ships of certain types and numbers. The 355-ship goal was made U.S. policy by Section 1025 of the FY2018 National Defense Authorization Act (H.R. 2810/P.L. 115-91 of December 12, 2017). The Navy and the Department of Defense (DOD) hav...