The short term, for me, is one to two years. In that timeframe we should be looking to fill up the inventory of spare parts, supplies, ammunition, and information systems, so that what we have can be operated reliably and sustainably.
In the medium term, we should be looking at the logistical facilities we need to move the fleet wherever it's required, and be able to support it through the fleet maintenance facilities on either coast.
In the long term, we should be looking at the fleet balance. I recommend a fifty-fifty split between combat capability and logistical support capability because, if it's going to come to a shooting war, it's going to be at long range from those aforementioned bases of supply. For combat platforms, the submarine is the weapon system of the future. I don't believe that surface ships of the type that we can build and can afford will be able to survive in a high-threat environment. We need, as the Australians have done, to shift our focus over to the submarine fleet and use the surface fleet more or less in a support role.