Declining U.S. Navy facing Chinese challenge

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clipped from www.wnd.com Fleet's status creates door of vulnerability to other powers, terrorists Editor's Note: The following report is excerpted from Joseph Farah's G2 Bulletin, the premium online newsletter published by the founder of WND. Subscriptions are $99 a year or, for monthly trials, just $9.95 per month for credit card users, and provide instant access for the complete reports. A growing Chinese fleet could keep the declining U.S. Navy out of the Western Pacific, according to an expert cited in a report from Joseph Farah's G2 Bulletin. The U.S. also could be faced with new military challenges around the globe because of the projection of power a growing Chinese navy would present. Yet, the U.S. Navy has cut back the number and type of ships to the level it was prior to the Reagan administration "The consequences of a much-diminished U.S. fleet are complemented by the American public's ignorance of them, the slow yet steady pace of naval deterioration

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