ProtectedStrategy US Navy ‘can’t fight two big conflicts’ By ANI - May 18, 2022 0 382 Adm. Mike Gilday, chief of naval operations, delivers testimony Thursday, May 12, 2022, at a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington. The hearing focused on the Navy budget for fiscal 2023. (Sean Castellano/U.S. Navy) Should Russia and China launch competing world conflicts, the Navy is unprepared to fight two wars in separate regions without additional ships, the service’s top officer told senators (12 May 2022), Stars and Stripes reports. Please Login to view this content. (Not a member? Join Today!)