Road to 350: What Does the US Navy Do Anyway?

[Randy Daytona]

Good article from USNI on the cost of industrial warfare:

https://www.usni.org/IndustrialWarfareAtSea

Replacing the Navy’s expenditure of 220 Standard Missile-2s, SM-3s, and SM-6s in the Red Sea between October 2023 and January 2025 is estimated to cost more than $500 million. The Navy fired these missiles to intercept drones that cost the Houthis an estimated $2,000-$20,000 each, with their most valuable munitions being the $40,000-$52,000 Shahed 136 one-way attack drones. The Navy’s cheapest interceptor, the SM-2, costs approximately $2.1 million.

 

[hscs]

But learning how to shoot down threats in an environment that we have not been in a long time……..priceless.

 

[ChuckMK23]

U.S. Plan Is Said to Pull a Third of Fighter Jets It Provides NATO for Europe

The plan, outlined by officials and in a written document, provides rare clarity about the extent to which the Trump administration intends to reduce its commitment to NATO.

www.nytimes.com

The planned drawdowns include:

• Reducing the number of F-16 and F-15E fighter jets from roughly 150 to 100
• Reducing maritime reconnaissance aircraft from 26 to 15 and cutting all eight aerial refueling tanker jets previously available to Europe
• Reallocating a missile-launching submarine and an aircraft carrier, along with several warships and scores of jets that join the carrier’s missions
• Reallocating one of two groups of bombers previously assigned for Europe’s defense

 

[sevenhelmet]

U.S. Plan Is Said to Pull a Third of Fighter Jets It Provides NATO for Europe

The plan, outlined by officials and in a written document, provides rare clarity about the extent to which the Trump administration intends to reduce its commitment to NATO.

www.nytimes.com

The planned drawdowns include:

• Reducing the number of F-16 and F-15E fighter jets from roughly 150 to 100
• Reducing maritime reconnaissance aircraft from 26 to 15 and cutting all eight aerial refueling tanker jets previously available to Europe
• Reallocating a missile-launching submarine and an aircraft carrier, along with several warships and scores of jets that join the carrier’s missions
• Reallocating one of two groups of bombers previously assigned for Europe’s defense

And the Kremlin rejoiced.