MS Sandhu
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And what about American conditions?
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mythbuster
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You have the answer in my first sentence.
Davey Crockett
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Davey Crockett
Elite Member
MARCH 27, 2026 04:15
The United States is considering sending up to 10,000 additional ground troops to the Middle East amid negotiations with Iran, the Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday night, citing Department of Defense officials familiar with the matter.
The force is likely to include both infantry and armored vehicles, in addition to the 82nd Airborne Division already deployed to the region, according to the WSJ, in order to provide US President Donald Trump with more "military options."
https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/iran-news/article-891382
The United States is considering sending up to 10,000 additional ground troops to the Middle East amid negotiations with Iran, the Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday night, citing Department of Defense officials familiar with the matter.
The force is likely to include both infantry and armored vehicles, in addition to the 82nd Airborne Division already deployed to the region, according to the WSJ, in order to provide US President Donald Trump with more "military options."
https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/iran-news/article-891382
Davey Crockett
Elite Member
JD Vance just invented a new reason why we started the war. Hard to believe that it’s taken a whole month to conjure this one up.
RescueRanger
Meme Lord
An F-35 aircraft prepares for a drop of B61-12 (Nuclear Capable) test at Tonopah Test Range today.
Source: Sandia
Beijingwalker
VIP Member
NAVY COLLAPSE: 82% of Warships Hopelessly Delayed
March 26 2026
America’s naval superiority hangs in the balance as a shocking 82% of new warships under construction sit behind schedule, creating what experts call a “doom loop” that threatens our ability to counter China’s rapidly expanding fleet.
Story Snapshot
- 82% of U.S. Navy warships under construction are delayed despite doubling shipbuilding budgets over two decades
- Navy fleet shrinks to 290 deployable ships, falling short of the 313-ship minimum goal and far below the 381-ship strategic target
- Four Constellation-class frigates canceled after design failures and cost overruns, with lead ship over three years behind schedule
- China operates the world’s largest navy while U.S. production gaps threaten deterrence capability through the 2030s
Systemic Failures Plague Naval Construction
The Navy’s April 2024 shipbuilding review exposed a crisis that should alarm every American concerned about national security. Major warship programs suffer delays exceeding one year, with Columbia-class submarines running between one and sixteen months late. The practice of “concurrency”—designing vessels while simultaneously building them—has created catastrophic failures reminiscent of past disasters like the Littoral Combat Ship program, where costs exploded from $220 million to $600 million per hull. This represents a fundamental breakdown in fiscal responsibility and strategic planning that undermines our constitutional duty to provide for the common defense.Budget Chaos and Design Creep Sink Programs
Congress and Navy leadership have created procurement uncertainty that cripples shipbuilders’ ability to plan investments in workforce and infrastructure. The fiscal year 2024 budget planned for 13 ships in 2026, then slashed to 11 in fiscal year 2025, before jumping to 19 ships through reconciliation funds. The Constellation-class frigate program epitomizes this mismanagement—Navy officials began construction using an immature Franco-Italian design, then added specifications that transformed the vessel into essentially 80 percent of a destroyer’s cost with only 60 percent of its capability. Four of six planned frigates were canceled in November 2025, wasting taxpayer resources while our fleet shrinks.Workforce Shortages Compound Strategic Crisis
Shipyard executives identify labor shortages as the primary obstacle, with post-pandemic retirements creating inexperienced workforces that cannot sustain multiple production shifts. This workforce crisis prevents meeting critical production targets: the Navy needs 19 Virginia-class submarines by 2034 but only 11 are on track, while 26 Arleigh Burke destroyers are targeted but just 8.6 can realistically be delivered. Meanwhile, China prepares for potential 2027 conflict scenarios with the world’s largest naval force. The next Burke destroyer won’t begin construction until 2032, entering service in the late 2030s—an unacceptable timeline when American security hangs in the balance.Taxpayer Dollars Squandered on Failed Programs
The Government Accountability Office documented $1.84 billion wasted on Ticonderoga-class cruiser modernization due to poor oversight, unauthorized materials, and premature retirements. This follows the Zumwalt destroyer debacle, where the program collapsed from 32 planned ships to just three due to technological overreach and concurrent design failures. The Littoral Combat Ship program similarly failed, scaled back after mechanical breakdowns and mission inadequacies. Despite budgets doubling over two decades, the Navy operates fewer deployable vessels while being forced to decommission Los Angeles-class submarines USS Newport News and USS Alexandria in 2026. This represents government waste and incompetence that directly threatens American military superiority.Navy leadership now openly acknowledges shipbuilding is “a mess,” yet concurrency practices persist despite repeated GAO warnings urging mature designs before construction begins—standard practice in commercial shipbuilding. Experts at Georgetown’s Security Studies Review emphasize the urgent need for stable procurement strategies and workforce-aligned ship designs. The maritime industrial base continues eroding while decision-makers debate whether to seek foreign production partnerships with allies like Japan and South Korea. Americans who value constitutional defense obligations and fiscal responsibility should demand immediate accountability and systemic reform before this doom loop permanently damages our ability to defend freedom on the world’s oceans against communist China’s naval expansion.
NAVY COLLAPSE: 82% of Warships Hopelessly Delayed | Conservative Free Press
conservativefreepress.com
is the article implying something over Taiwan?
Talk about mental gymnastics. These ghouls twist themselves into pretzels defending their actions.
SolarWarden
Trusted Member
He's doing it again...
Whitehouse posted similar cht on Wednesday and I said to my family that if there was no war going on this would be somewhat cute but doing this now is just irritating especially if it's something stupid or something that has no effect on our lives in any meaningful way. I get Orangeman is not doing this but the communication department wing of the administration but still... If the announcement was something mind blowing like the alien files they are supposedly going to release and in it has startling info it would be fine since nobody is going to remember the weird post. It better be something good and I mean really good.
Whitehouse posted similar cht on Wednesday and I said to my family that if there was no war going on this would be somewhat cute but doing this now is just irritating especially if it's something stupid or something that has no effect on our lives in any meaningful way. I get Orangeman is not doing this but the communication department wing of the administration but still... If the announcement was something mind blowing like the alien files they are supposedly going to release and in it has startling info it would be fine since nobody is going to remember the weird post. It better be something good and I mean really good.
mythbuster
SpeedLimited
Would you like to go on a date with female alien?
SolarWarden
Trusted Member
I did that when I was in highschool. Our Mexican gardener had a beautiful daughter and we dated for a while.
mythbuster
SpeedLimited
My first date was my gardener's younger sister , she was couple of years older.
j_hungary
Professional
I will say Trump will probably use ground forces, for what, I don't know.
As I said before, you don't pull the 82nd Airborne aside for nothing, and they had been doing this for about a month now.
As I said before, you don't pull the 82nd Airborne aside for nothing, and they had been doing this for about a month now.
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