{"id":558108,"date":"2021-06-09T12:21:38","date_gmt":"2021-06-09T16:21:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=558108"},"modified":"2021-06-09T12:21:40","modified_gmt":"2021-06-09T16:21:40","slug":"biden-budget-forces-navy-to-cut-construction-of-high-tech-ships-internal-memo-reveals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-budget-forces-navy-to-cut-construction-of-high-tech-ships-internal-memo-reveals\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden Budget Forces Navy To Cut Construction of High-Tech Ships, Internal Memo Reveals"},"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\">26<\/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%2Fbiden-budget-forces-navy-to-cut-construction-of-high-tech-ships-internal-memo-reveals%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=558108&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 readability=\"29.133891213389\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"article-category\"><a class href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/national-security\/\">National Security<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"article-excerpt\">Defense cuts will likely mean fewer nuclear weapons, warships<\/p>\n<figure class=\"post-thumbnail-container relative lg:mr-24 w-full my-4 mb-8\">\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"736\" height=\"491\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/GettyImages-1176316398-1-736x491-1.jpg\" class=\"w-full lazyload blur-up wp-post-image\" alt srcset=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 736px) 100vw, 736px\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/GettyImages-1176316398-1-736x491.jpg 736w, https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/GettyImages-1176316398-1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/GettyImages-1176316398-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/GettyImages-1176316398-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/GettyImages-1176316398-1-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/GettyImages-1176316398-1-1400x933.jpg 1400w\" data-sizes=\"auto\"  style=\"display:none\"><figcaption class=\"absolute text-white p-4 w-full text-right text-xs bottom-0 bg-black opacity-75\">\n\t\t\t\tNavy fighters \/ Getty Images\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\t\t\t<span class=\"text-gray text-xs md:text-lg\"><a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/author\/jack-beyrer\/\" title=\"Posts by Jack Beyrer\" class=\"author url fn text-red-700\" rel=\"author\">Jack Beyrer<\/a> \u2022 June 9, 2021 12:10 pm<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div readability=\"89.136671177267\">\n<p>A dwindling budget will force the Navy to cut construction of next-generation warships and weapons, according to a memo by acting secretary Thomas W. Harker.<\/p>\n<p>The memo, which was first <a href=\"https:\/\/news.usni.org\/2021\/06\/08\/secnav-memo-new-destroyer-fighter-or-sub-you-can-only-pick-one-cut-nuclear-cruise-missile\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">obtained<\/a> by <em>USNI News<\/em> on Tuesday, warned that constraints on defense dollars will leave the Navy in a position in which it &#8220;cannot afford&#8221; to build advanced platforms, many of which could prove crucial in confronting China. The memo specifically identifies sea-launched nuclear cruise missiles as ripe for cuts and says the Navy will have to choose to build either a destroyer, a submarine, or a fighter jet. The cuts will prevent the branch from building all three at the same time.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The Navy cannot afford to simultaneously develop the next generation of air, surface, and subsurface platforms and must prioritize these programs balancing the cost of developing next-generation capabilities against maintaining current capabilities,&#8221; the memo reads. &#8220;As part of the [2023] budget, the Navy should prioritize one of the following capabilities and re-phase the other two after an assessment of operational, financial, and technical risk.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Sen. Jim Inhofe (R., Okla.) and Rep. Mike Rogers (R., Ala.), respectively the ranking members of the Senate and House Armed Services Committees, <a href=\"https:\/\/republicans-armedservices.house.gov\/news\/press-releases\/rogers-inhofe-express-deep-concern-following-reports-navy-will-cancel-nuclear\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">released<\/a> a joint statement blasting the memo.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Reports that an Acting Secretary of the Navy would cancel a new Nuclear Sea Launched Cruise Missile after submission of the [2022] budget \u2026 is bewildering and short-sighted,&#8221; Rogers and Inhofe wrote. &#8220;The Biden administration has decided to project weakness ahead of a summit with Vladimir Putin\u2014another gift to our adversaries. We have serious questions for senior Pentagon leaders on this reported decision and how it was reached.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Leaks of the incoming cuts come after the Biden administration released its 2022 defense budget, which critics <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/national-security\/biden-defense-budget-gives-china-upper-hand-republican-hawks-say\/\">say<\/a> put much-needed upgrades for the Navy on the back burner. The proposal forces the Navy to cut 11 battle-ready ships and shrinks funds put aside to build boats and weapons by more than 5 percent. The Biden administration instead wants to invest in domestic\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/biden-administration\/biden-universal-pre-k-needed-to-beat-chicomms\/\">programs<\/a> such as universal Pre-K.<\/p>\n<p>The budget signals a rollback of former president Trump&#8217;s plans to grow the fleet significantly, with one Trump administration plan calling for 500 vessels by 2045. President Biden has not yet announced whom he will nominate for secretary of the Navy.<\/p>\n<p>China is building its fleet at rapid speed. Sen. Kevin Cramer (R., N.D.) <a href=\"https:\/\/senatorkevincramer.app.box.com\/s\/3nozuywrlm04775u2l2e3m9z5b9k8qxo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a> in a Tuesday hearing that he expects China to achieve a 460-ship navy by 2030. Beijing already touts the largest navy in the world, raising alarms for the United States&#8217;s democratic allies in Taiwan. Retired admiral Phil Davidson, the former chief of U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, <a href=\"https:\/\/news.usni.org\/2021\/03\/09\/davidson-china-could-try-to-take-control-of-taiwan-in-next-six-years\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a> in March that he expects China to possess enough strength to attack Taiwan in the next six years.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>National Security Defense cuts will likely mean fewer nuclear weapons, warships  Navy fighters \/ Getty Images  Jack Beyrer \u2022 June 9, 2021 12:10 pm &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":2279750,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/GettyImages-1176316398-1-736x491-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"Biden Budget Forces Navy To Cut Construction of High-Tech Ships, Internal Memo Reveals","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-558108","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/GettyImages-1176316398-1-736x491-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"Biden Budget Forces Navy To Cut Construction of High-Tech Ships, Internal Memo Reveals","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/558108","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=558108"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/558108\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2279750"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=558108"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=558108"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=558108"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}