Weekly Briefing: Naval Warfare

The latest naval warfare news and analysis from Breaking Defense

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Weekly Briefing Naval Warfare

Pentagon Weighs Guam Missile Defense Money For 2022 Budget "There's a need in the near-term to defend against all of those [Chinese missile] threats from a 360-degree standpoint, and if the answer is Aegis, I'm ready to support it," the presumptive head of Indo-PACOM told the Senate Armed Services Committee.

UK All In On FCAS Fighter In New Defense Plan "We've committed to 48, we'll buy 48" F-35s, UK Minister for the Armed Forces, James Heappey, said. The original plan was to buy 138 fifth-generation fighters, but British officials in recent months have declined to say that number is still the target.

Bye-Bye, B-52s & Carriers; Hello, More Destroyers & F-35s The US needs to shift investment from hallowed but vulnerable legacy platforms – especially aircraft carriers and B-52 bombers – to more flexible and survivable weapons systems – above all, Aegis warships and the unfairly much-maligned F-35.

Top Lawmaker: Army Budget Needs 'Not Even Close' to Navy, Air Force Rep. Joe Courtney's comments on on the heels of other lawmakers and military officials pushing for the Navy to get a larger slice of the 2022 defense budget

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