Maritime traffic has increased by 400 percent over the past quarter-century. Ninety percent of global trade is seaborne. “The global presence of Navy ships matters to American economic prosperity and trade. The Navy recently increased its requirement to 355 ships.” Right now, we have about 277 ships in our fleet. We cannot accomplish the critical missions we have by preserving the status quo. Simply put, the Navy we have today is too small. We have taken our Navy – and our Sailors and Marines – for granted. “We have ignored the great naval competition taking place elsewhere and the fact that it is accelerating. There is a gap in our global carrier presence, and there is a gap in our fleet.” For the first time since World War II, the United States had no carriers deployed anywhere. “In early January of this year, a strange and profoundly disturbing thing happened. Wicker’s speech today focused primarily on what the Navy does for America and why the current naval fleet is too small to meet current and emerging challenges. Senator Roger Wicker, R-Miss., Chairman of the Senate Seapower Subcommittee, has delivered the second in a series of scheduled remarks aimed at making the case for a 355-ship Navy.
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