re: Official US/Israel vs Iran war thread

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Still no word on the the missing WSO?

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The Pentagon’s request for new shipbuilding funds is among the highest-ever since the Korean War, rivaling the Reagan-era 600-ship spending plan and the nuclear submarine buildup in the 1960s, according to budget documents.

In a $1.5 trillion Fiscal Year 2027 national security submission split between the base budget and reconciliation, the Navy wants a total of $65.8 billion for shipbuilding, as President Donald Trump pursues several new ship classes under the Golden Fleet concept.

The Navy is seeking $60.2 billion for shipbuilding in the base budget and $5.6 billion in reconciliation, according to Pentagon budget documents. When adjusted for inflation, the new request is the second-largest shipbuilding budget proposal since 1955, according to Congressional Budget Office data. The highest request in real dollars was in 1962, during the U.S. Navy’s “41 for Freedom ” ballistic missile nuclear submarine drive.

A two-page White House fact sheet detailing the so-called skinny budget proposal says the FY 2027 request is seeking 41 ships across the government, but does not provide a breakdown of classes or which services are buying the vessels. A separate section of the fact sheet says the administration is asking for “18 battle force ships and 16 non-battle force ships,” for a total of 34 naval ships.

The Navy wants two Virginia-class attack submarines, one Columbia-class ballistic missile boat, one FF(X) frigate, one Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer, one San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock, one America-class amphibious assault ship, six Megan McClung-class medium landing ships, two AS(X) submarine tenders, two John Lewis-class fleet oilers, one “special mission ship,” one T-AGOS ocean surveillance ship, one strategic sealift, one bulk fuel vessel, one T-AH(X), one used sealift ship, four ship-to-shore connectors, five fire boats and two Landing Craft Air Cushion (LCAC) Service Life-Extension Programs (SLEP).

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“U.S. military officials have said it is operating with air superiority over large parts of Iran and that the U.S. military has hit over 12,300 targets.

The aircraft losses do “not invalidate the larger reality that U.S. and allied forces have achieved a very high degree of air superiority over Iran,” Deptula said. “Air superiority does not mean zero risk.””

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From our article today regarding statements from U.S. military officials that America has air superiority over large parts of Iran:

“High-end combat against a capable, integrated air defense system is never risk-free,” retired Lt. Gen. David A. Deptula, dean of AFA’s Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies. “What distinguishes modern Western airpower is not invulnerability, but the ability to survive, penetrate, and sustain operations while keeping losses exceptionally low.”

U.S. military officials have said it is operating with air superiority over large parts of Iran and that the U.S. military has hit over 12,300 targets.

The aircraft losses do “not invalidate the larger reality that U.S. and allied forces have achieved a very high degree of air superiority over Iran,” Deptula said. “Air superiority does not mean zero risk.”

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