US European forces chief calls for more warships to respond to Russian threat


The US needs more surface vessels and anti-submarine warfare assets in Europe to counter evolving threats in the region, the commander of US European Command said in a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on March 5.


“As you know … we’re looking at an evolving and modernizing Russian fleet,” Army Gen. Curtis M. Scaparrotti told the committee. “If we want to remain dominant in the maritime domain — in particular, the undersea, which we are today — we have got to continue to modernize and continue to build capacity.”


The specifics of what Scaparrotti needs in Europe would be revealed later in the day during a closed session with the committee, but he openly said he’d need two more naval destroyers and that Eucom would need to enhance its anti-submarine warfare capability as well.


https://navaltoday.com/2019/03/06/us-european-forces-chief-calls-for-more-warships-to-respond-to-russian-threat/?uid=6139


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