{"id":1906619,"date":"2023-03-29T12:42:17","date_gmt":"2023-03-29T16:42:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sinking-our-future-bidens-budget-cuts-funds-to-u-s-navy-as-china-ramps-up-shipbuilding\/"},"modified":"2023-03-29T12:46:05","modified_gmt":"2023-03-29T16:46:05","slug":"sinking-our-future-bidens-budget-cuts-funds-to-u-s-navy-as-china-ramps-up-shipbuilding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sinking-our-future-bidens-budget-cuts-funds-to-u-s-navy-as-china-ramps-up-shipbuilding\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Sinking Our Future&#8217;: Biden&#8217;s Budget Cuts Funds to U.S. Navy As China Ramps Up Shipbuilding"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fsinking-our-future-bidens-budget-cuts-funds-to-u-s-navy-as-china-ramps-up-shipbuilding%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1906619&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div>\n<p><h2>Biden wants to prematurely retire dozen ships, put U.S. on track to be outgunned on seas by China<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<figure><figcaption> \t\t\t\tThe Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Benfold, forward-deployed to the U.S. 7th Fleet in the Indo-Pacific region, transits the Philippine Sea, June 14, 2018. Sarah Myers\/U.S. Navy\/Handout via REUTERS\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>The Biden administration wants to enact sharp budget cuts to the U.S. Navy that would force it to prematurely retire almost a dozen ships and take offline critical missile systems that serve as a primary deterrent to Chinese aggression.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/winred.tomcotton.com\/tom-cotton\/claim-yours-ots-fbeacon-ads-30?utm_source=rc&#038;utm_medium=fbeaconads&#038;utm_campaign=2023marchots\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> \t\t\t\t \t\t\t<\/a> \t\t<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/winred.tomcotton.com\/tom-cotton\/claim-yours-ots-fbeacon-ads-30?utm_source=rc&#038;utm_medium=fbeaconads&#038;utm_campaign=2023marchots\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> \t\t\t\t \t\t\t<\/a> \t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>President Joe Biden\u2019s 2024 budget proposal would deal a massive blow to the already strained American Navy\u2014the White House wants to prematurely retire eight ships and two combat vessels. By taking these ships out of action, the Navy would lose more than 600 vertical launch missile systems\u2014a missile capability that serves as the primary deterrent to Chinese military attacks in the Pacific, according to congressional research provided to the <em>Washington Free Beacon<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The Biden Administration\u2019s defense budget would hollow out our fleet and scrap Navy radars and missile systems we desperately need to deter China,&#8221; Sen. Roger\u00a0Wicker (R., Miss.), the Senate Armed Services Committee\u2019s ranking member, told the <em>Free Beacon<\/em>.\u00a0&#8220;Prematurely retiring our ships sends exactly the wrong signal to China as they continue to build their own Navy at a historic pace.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Biden\u2019s budget would decrease the total number of active Navy ships, retiring at least 11 ships while only requesting the construction of nine new vessels. The Navy currently has 294 battle force ships, far short of the 355 it is required to have by law. Biden\u2019s budget would <a href=\"https:\/\/news.usni.org\/2023\/03\/20\/secnav-cno-pushing-plans-to-decommission-11-warships-in-fiscal-year-2024\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">further reduce<\/a> this number, according to information about the White House\u2019s 2023 budget proposal codified by Wicker\u2019s office.<\/p>\n<p>China, meanwhile, expects to field more than 400 ships by 2025 amid a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2023\/01\/16\/asia\/china-navy-fleet-size-history-victory-intl-hnk-ml\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">rapid growth<\/a> plan that will modernize its fleet with aircraft carriers, guided missile destroyers, and surface combat vessels, <a href=\"https:\/\/news.usni.org\/2022\/11\/29\/pentagon-chinese-navy-to-expand-to-400-ships-by-2025-growth-focused-on-surface-combatants\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">according<\/a> to American defense officials. China\u2019s current fleet stands at around 340 ships.<\/p>\n<p>The White House\u2019s budget proposal disregards repeated requests from the Marine Corps for a minimum of 31 amphibious warships\u2014which would serve a critical role in any military conflict with China. Three of these ships are being retired, and the Biden administration is expected to order a &#8220;strategic pause&#8221; in the purchase of <a href=\"https:\/\/huntingtoningalls.com\/lpd-flight-ii\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">modernized<\/a> warships, leaving the force below its statutory requirement of 31 ships.<\/p>\n<p>Rebeccah Heinrichs, a national security analyst with the Hudson Institute think tank, said the Biden administration &#8220;seems to be under the illusion that the PRC will be deterred by strongly worded government reports and joint pressers with allies.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Navy and Marine leaders have said what they need to do that, and this White House has decided they know better,&#8221; she said. &#8220;There is no way around the fact that building the Navy this country needs to deter China, and to win if war comes, will cost Americans money.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Internal disagreement on this issue within the Biden administration <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2023\/03\/17\/marines-furious-over-the-navys-plan-for-troop-carrying-ships-00087716\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">recently spilled<\/a> into public view, when the Pentagon rejected a Navy proposal to build more ships that are capable of ferrying American troops and equipment into the Pacific region as a part of a strategic shift away from the Middle East.<\/p>\n<p>Biden\u2019s budget flattens the Navy\u2019s shipbuilding request, providing just 2.5 percent growth over last year\u2019s budget, a figure that does not keep up with inflation. The total new ship requests will also shrink from 12 to 9 and includes a halt in future years on construction of rescue and salvage ships, fast transport ships, and amphibious warfare ships, according to Wicker\u2019s office.<\/p>\n<p>By retiring 11 ships, the Navy would lose a sizable portion of its vertical launching system cells, which contain the missiles primarily used to deter Chinese attacks in the Pacific region, Wicker\u2019s office says.<\/p>\n<p>Biden\u2019s budget also aims to reduce spending on naval reactors\u2014which power nuclear-armed submarines\u2014by 5.6 percent, or $1.96 billion, relative to last year\u2019s budget, according to the budget information provided by Wicker.<\/p>\n<p>These spending reductions will further strain America\u2019s submarine industrial base, which is already facing pressure after the United States announced it will <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2023\/03\/13\/aukus-nuke-submarine-deal-00086835#:~:text=The%20U.S.%20is%20preparing%20to,Monday%20alongside%20his%20allied%20counterparts.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">accelerate<\/a> Australia\u2019s provision of several nuclear-powered submarines.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/winred.tomcotton.com\/tom-cotton\/tik-tok-beacon-ads?utm_source=rc&#038;utm_medium=fbads&#038;utm_campaign=bantiktok\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> \t\t\t\t \t\t\t<\/a> \t\t<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/winred.tomcotton.com\/tom-cotton\/tik-tok-beacon-ads?utm_source=rc&#038;utm_medium=fbads&#038;utm_campaign=bantiktok\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> \t\t\t\t \t\t\t<\/a> \t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;The president\u2019s defense budget is, in practice,\u00a0sinking our future fleet,&#8221; Wicker warned in recent remarks.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Biden wants to prematurely retire dozen ships, put U.S. on track to be outgunned on seas by China The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Benfold, forward-deployed to the U.S. 7th Fleet in the Indo-Pacific region, transits the Philippine Sea, June 14, 2018. 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