B Is For B-l-s-i-

clipped from pajamasmedia.com I grant that warships today are more complex and expensive. But they are far more capable, and they are designed for service lives of around a half century with upgrades planned into the design. [Which says something about the decision to scrap ALL of the SPRUANCE class DDG's and the first batch of TICONDEROGA AEGIS cruisers (CG-47 class, including my beloved USS YORKTOWN CG-48) purely to save money by reducing the fleet; despite them having better than half of their designed life span ahead of them. You may note that the CG-47's are the specific ships that are modified to create the at sea BMD force he says he wants.] Today you had better start the process of planning the normal ship replacement process 20 years before the current ship wears out, or you will not have a chance to replace it before it is gone. At least 10 years of that time is political and bureaucratic. can you cite the documentary proof that anything substantive has been done or any funding proposed?