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Anyone else remember that several years ago then CNO Adm Mullen was defending the reduction in the Navy's shipbuilding plans by claiming that in reality we had a "1000 ship Navy". The defense was that the comparison to the Reagan 600 ship Navy was invalid because in reality we would always be acting in concert with our allies and a much larger naval capability would be available than just our own. It didn't take much to poke holes in that theory then and it's gotten easier since then. As witnessed by their pitiful performance to date in Libya and the budget cuts that are decimating most of the NATO military establishments right now, NATO is becoming militarily insignificant.
Anyone else remember that several years ago then CNO Adm Mullen was defending the reduction in the Navy's shipbuilding plans by claiming that in reality we had a "1000 ship Navy". The defense was that the comparison to the Reagan 600 ship Navy was invalid because in reality we would always be acting in concert with our allies and a much larger naval capability would be available than just our own. It didn't take much to poke holes in that theory then and it's gotten easier since then. As witnessed by their pitiful performance to date in Libya and the budget cuts that are decimating most of the NATO military establishments right now, NATO is becoming militarily insignificant.
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