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Minesweepers are the brooms and vacuums of the Navy. Most every American household has a ”vac” or at least a broom, and yet the mightiest Navy sends its precious fleet halfway around the world only to succumb to the lowly mine for lack of a scrubby old minesweeper.
Billions for defense, piling up trillions of debt, and not a broom to spare for the fleet.
