Unprecedented great Maritime America

The us Congress consider the bill on deep modernization of the U.S. Navy and a radical increase in its payroll. By 2050, it is, according to the draft, almost double.



The Navy in the life of the United States has always had a special importance during the formation of this state, when communication with the Old world was, without exaggeration, the road of life, and during its dawn – as a tool of the Monroe doctrine and "gunboat diplomacy" and today, as one of the main elements of the global military dominance.

It may be recalled that the United States Navy are part of a global missile defense system. As you know, at the moment, more than a hundred ships of NATO (most of them American) are equipped with "aegis".



Currently, the membership of the American military fleet is somewhat lower than during the cold war, but it does not mean it is weak – increasing the technical capabilities of modern weapons have helped to make the U.S. Navy a little more compact. However, their power exceeds the combined power of military fleets around the world.

However, almost every new us office takes a considerable effort to not only maintain this state of Affairs, but to maximize this gap.

So, in 2015, during the Obama presidency, was adopted by the 30-year shipbuilding plan suggests increasing the number of warships to 308 units.

With trump, in 2017, the plan was adopted, according to which the number of ships over this period should be increased to 355.



Note that currently the U.S. Navy has about 280 combat ships, some of which are already approaching exhaustion of the resource and the coming years should leave the fleet.

But the bill introduced in Congress (the author was made by Jim banks, house of representatives member of the Republican party, a retired naval officer), is staggering even against not too modest terms, the current American President. According to the Congressman, the number of warships of the U.S. Navy by 2050 should be 426 units.



The United States must increase the number of aircraft carriers from 11 to 15 and also have in the ranks of 38 amphibious ships, while at the moment, the US armed them only 11. Also stresses that the number of us attack nuclear submarines should reach 100.
What is the purpose of such gigantic magnitude of the naval preparations? Banks is convinced that the US is forcing a growing threat from Russia, China and "other countries" (them probably refers to North Korea and Iran), in light of what the available forces, Washington will be extremely difficult to face opponents without sacrificing control over the waters of the World ocean. With fewer ships, according to the Congressman, these problems can not cope.



"RT" quotes the comment of the chief scientific officer of the Institute of USA and Canada Vladimir Batjuk, who sees a cause of concern for Washington is that Russia and China have managed to create a military capability to prevent an American military presence in several key regions.


— said the expert.

Indeed, the explanatory Memorandum to the bill States that "Russia is now also actively engaged in the modernization of its fleet and increasing military activities in the Arctic."



However, the Russian military activity in the far North is associated not with any aggressive intent, but with the need to protect our interests – the continental shelf and the Northern sea route.

In Fact, the Minister of foreign Affairs of Russia Sergey Lavrov directly stated that Russia needs to ensure not only the efficiency of SVM, but also to ensure his safety. In the light of which our superiority in the Arctic Russian coastal zone in no way threaten the United States.
Actually, all the achievements and Russia and China relate only to the coastal zone. The Navy of our countries is able to resist the Americans only in their water – about the ocean we are not talking, there is the dominance of the US Navy is undeniable. Moreover, it is unlikely that the situation will change drastically. Russia is primarily a continental power, and her naval construction is based on the principles of reasonable sufficiency.


In Other words, that the Russians and the Chinese can protect their territorial waters, the Americans see the danger of death, and for this ready to build a huge fleet.

But inthese plans have one caveat. In 2050, the US Navy had 15 aircraft carriers, they will need to build four (today they are 11) and 12. For the simple reason that by this time in the ranks of the current aircraft carriers will be only three or two aircraft carrier type "Nimitz", the latest release and "Gerald Ford".



Recall history class destroyers Zumwalt. Program DDG-1000 to create them is what is left of the DD21, whose budget was cut by Congress more than 50 %.

But it has repeatedly declined. First were going to build 32 of these destroyers. Later this number was reduced to 24, then to seven, after the cost of the first ship "got out" at $7.5 billion In the end was limited to three, but in fact they are recognized as unfit for combat. Not only because of the flawed design, but due to the fact that the construction process had to give up some overly expensive items.



Note that trompowsky plan for the modernization of the fleet recognized by the American experts is unrealistic. In fact, its implementation, according to conservative estimates, will require an annual increase in the already inflated military budget by another $30 billion But, except for the Navy, there is also the air force, army, and marine Corps, and they also want to modernize.

In light of this, introduced a bill looks frankly fantastic. However, given the alarmist sentiments prevailing in the American Parliament, we cannot exclude that it will be adopted.



However, if I try to implement in full, the US can simply be squeezed. If it is in the course already begun work will begin to optimize, it will not lead to anything good. The recent history of American military-industrial complex is replete with examples of already started projects was closed due to cost overruns or shortages. As a result, invested a lot of money was wasted. And program, part of which they were, had to adjust "on the knee". If you consider that usually there are no penalties for such a mediocre budget should not, such cases are becoming more. A program to create new types of weapons more expensive.

However, we cannot exclude that the bill is an attempt to involve Russia and China in a hopeless arms race at sea. But it is unlikely that we will rise to this bait.