The navy is looking for $25 billion per year, about double current spending, on its 30 year plan for a 313 ship navy.

The problem is that everyone knows that this is not unsustainable, and their procurement programs are a mess, with the DDG-1000 costing over $5 billion a ship (the Navy claiming “only” $3.3 billion), the Littoral Combat Ship program being a disaster, with costs going from $220 Million/ship to over $500 million/ship, increasing maintenance costs as the Ticonderogas and the Burkes get older, etc.

The article goes into more detail, but it appears increasingly clear that the Navy does not have a clear vision of what it needs to be or to do over the nest 30 years.