Navy's Optimistic New Shipbuilding Plan Clashes with Fiscal Reality of a Political Budget Stalemate.

SHIPBUILDING; UNITED States. Navy; WARSHIPS; UNITED States. Congress; PRESIDENTS of the United States; GOVERNMENT policy

The article discusses the 30-year shipbuilding plan of the U.S. Navy. It states that the plan aims to reach the goal of 309-ship battle force fleet by 2021 and expand to 313 ships 4 years later. It notes that the plan is viewed as unrealistic under the funding levels of the Navy. It mentions that the only hope for the approval of the shipbuilding plan is for the Congress and the 2016 elected President to accept the proposal for a separate fund for sea-based strategic deterrent program.