Four U.S. thinktanks recommend downsizing carrier fleet

In a recent budget war game, four U.S. thinktanks: Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments, American Enterprise Institute, Center for a New American Security, and the Center for Strategic and International Studies, all recommended that the Pentagon downsize the aircraft carrier fleet and move the money elsewhere for other programs.
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Xi Jinping told Liaoning’s captain to get ship combat-ready

Chinese President Xi Jinping told Liaoning’s captain Zhang Zheng that he should “build up [the carrier’s] combat readiness, logistics and support expeditiously” during his tour of the ship in August.

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