A question mark hangs over the future role and numbers of U.S. aircraft carriers the Acting Secretary of the Navy indicated, as he said the force will shift to a fleet that relies less on the military muscle of large ships.
Acting Secretary Thomas Modly remained tight-lipped on the details of the long-awaited Navy outfitting strategy which he said he will deliver to the Defense Secretary this week. However, he told the audience at the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments on Jan. 29 that the Navy planners are shifting their fleet requirements toward a long-mooted strategy: distributed operations.
