U.S. Navy not serious about cutting budget or improving capability

The power of lobbying. It is one of the reasons the faulty Littoral Combat Ship is still allowed to breath air in the recent DOD FY2013 budget submission. The other reason is that there are 4 stars promoted way above their ability who don't want to be proven wrong. These things will be the weights that drag Navy combat capability down.

4 LCS will be funded.

Meanwhile the Navy will dramatically cut the Joint High Speed Vessel; ordering only 1 in this budget.

At $189M each, the JHSV makes more sense for the Pacific strategy backed by Washington. This vessel would be a huge benefit in low-intensity scenarios throughout the South-Pacific, Indonesia, the Philippines and Malaysia.

Killing the LCS and F-35C requirement gives the U.S. Navy money to spend on platforms that can actually contribute to U.S. power projection.