According to a report by the US "Navy Times" on the 9th, due to the long waiting time for maintenance, the US Navy had to disassemble the available parts of damaged equipment and reassemble them to ensure that enough equipment was put into combat readiness.
A report released by the U.S. Government Accountability Office stated that due to the long waiting time for repair of damaged equipment, the U.S. Navy had to remove the damaged parts of these equipment and then remove spare parts from other equipment waiting for repair and install them. In order to keep the Navy's ships and aircraft on combat readiness.
According to the report, the main reason why the equipment cannot be repaired in time stems from the regulations of the U.S. Department of Defense on weapons and equipment data management, which require the U.S. Navy to hand over the damaged equipment to designated production and contractors for maintenance, resulting in a sharp increase in queue time. In addition, the relevant departments did not properly keep the relevant information, which reduced the maintenance efficiency.
The report cited the U.S. Navy’s five main data management problems are F/A-18 fighters, F-35 fighters, offshore combat ships, Strike infantry vehicles and Virginia class attack nuclear submarines.
Source: Global Times New Media / Liang由之