Issue 47

Which statement should best inform our approach to further naval expenditures?

Chinese naval superiority is inevitable, and the U.S. Navy should adjust to a new regional and diminished role.

1%

America need not worry about downsizing the navy, given its huge lead and the assets of our allies.

2%

New technologies will allow the U.S. Navy to maintain supremacy without sizable investments in additional ships.

11%

The U.S. Navy cannot meet its present commitments, but largely because many of our strategic needs are obsolete.

30%

America must immediately begin a vast expansion of the U.S. fleet to maintain the global postwar order.

56%