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Iran's Largest Warship Sinks In Suspicious Circumstances TEL AVIV: Iran's largest warship, the Kharg, caught fire on Wednesday in the Gulf of Oman and sank. The fire, sources here say, was very strange and the smoke generated by the fire demonstrates "something big went wrong." The Kharg caught fire while sailing in international waters. She was engaged in a training exercise, Iranian…
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Key Dems Question Biden Defense Budget; Ship Fight Likely "The President's Defense Budget Request is an outline and a starting point," emphasizes Sen. Jack Reed, chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee.
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Navy Plans To Cut Ships, But Fleet Plan Remains MIA Requesting "eight ships a year is not going to get to 355," the Navy's top budget official, Rear Adm. John Gumbleton, said. "All things being equal, if you have a 300-ship Navy and a 30-year lifespan you have to recapitalize it…so eight is not going to do it."
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