Question. When can those problems be expected to be resolved? A- Wich the recent approval and funding of the Ship Hard- ening program, funds will be available to insure a more rapid and efficient response to identified problems. Nevertheless five or six years may still be required before currently identified problems can be corrected. 14 Question. Admiral Bulkeley, President of the Board of Inspec- tions and Surveys, reported to Congress in March 1979, that the Navy"... periodically subjects selected ships to shock tests. These tests invariably identify specific deficiencies. It appears there is only a token effort to develop corrective solutions to these specific equipment and system problems and applying shock hardening al- terations to applicable ships in service. What is the Navy doing to preclude the contention that there has been only a token effort to S: L2