On Thu, 14 Aug 2008 07:30:26 -0400, Eisboch wrote:


Seems to me that I recall plans to reduce the Navy by almost half by
Carter which led to serious concerns about our ability to control the
seas by members of Congress on both sides
.
Reagan re-instituted a 600 ship (minimum) Navy.

Not Google info .... this is from memory.

Eisboch

I think you are probably right. Carter did cut many military programs.
The B1 bomber IIRC, but he was looking for bang for the buck, so to
speak. Reagan, on the other hand, threw money at the military, and
reinstated the B1, which was an expensive dog.

Funny, in the Reagan era, we were talking about a 600 ship Navy, I
believe now we are talking about a 300 ship Navy.