Claim: The U.S. military is at risk of losing its "military superiority" because "our Navy is smaller than it's been since 1917. Our Air Force is smaller and older than any time since 1947."
Fact-check: Mitt Romney says U.S. Navy is smallest since 1917, Air Force is smallest since 1947
Verdict: pants-fire
Organisation: PolitiFact
Author: Louis Jacobson
Date published: 2012-01-18T00:00:00