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Modly: “we will all be dead” when the USN reach a force level of 12 aircraft carriers

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Acting U.S. Navy Secretary Thomas B. Modly told the crowd at a session organized by the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments that the service will not be able to reach a force level of 12 aircraft carriers until 2065.

USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72), USS George H.W. Bush (CVN-77) and USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78) to Naval Station Norfolk on 22 September 2017 (170922-N-GK939-052)
U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Lindsay A. Preston [Public domain]


He added that by that time “we will all be dead.” Modly was answering questions regarding the recently completed Integrated Force Structure Assessment (IFSA).

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