The second of my three part series on the Navy, which is a response to the vapid debate during the presidential elections on the size of the Navy, is available at Time's Battleland blog at http://nation.time.com/2012/12/04/more-than-the-navys-numbers-could-be-sinking/, and below.

 

The first part of the series, addressing the Navy's shrinking fleet at increasing cost, is at  http://nation.time.com/2012/12/03/if-more-money-buys-a-smaller-fleet-what-will-less-money-buy/.

 

If you think our Navy can effectively meet the threats to the surface fleet that exist today, please read on.

 

 

The U.S. Navy: Troubled Waters

More Than the Navy's Numbers Could Be Sinking

By Winslow Wheeler  Dec. 04, 2012