Far East Cynic

Even The Atlantic understands….

That the Navy’s shipbuilding priorities are all screwed up.

Of the 11 commissioned U.S. warships ships en route to Japan, almost half are big Cold War-era amphibious assault vessels purpose-built to land Marines on hostile shores. But while these unglamorous transport ships dispatch helicopters and critical aid to a grateful ally, they’re being marginalized by a Navy that tends to fixate on the capabilities to wage a high-tech, blue-water war, while underestimating the importance of mundane disaster-response work in maintaining our global power and influence.

Of course what The Atlantic does not realize is that all parts of Navy shipbuilding are broken.