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(108,903 posts) Fri Oct 25, 2013, 07:29 AM Oct 2013

Navy's New Submarine Program Still 'Top Priority,' Even If It Means Scrapping Air And Ground Nukes

http://www.businessinsider.com/navys-new-sub-program-still-priority-2013-10

ST. MARYS, Ga. (AP) — Navy officials call the replacement of Ohio-class submarines home-ported at Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay and at the Pacific base in Bangor, Wash., the service's "top priority program."

And if it means scrapping air and land nuclear weapon delivery systems to replace the fleet, then so be it, according to a study by the Cato Institute, a public policy think tank that conducts independent, nonpartisan research on a wide range of policy issues.

The study underscores what it considers the importance of the replacement fleet as a deterrent to nuclear war.

The Navy's plan to build 12 of the replacement submarines, estimated to cost as much as $100 billion, will put a large dent in its shipbuilding budget.

Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/navys-new-sub-program-still-priority-2013-10#ixzz2ijSuaEyP

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Navy's New Submarine Program Still 'Top Priority,' Even If It Means Scrapping Air And Ground Nukes (Original Post) xchrom Oct 2013 OP

Interesting point from the article. Savannahmann Oct 2013 #1

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Savannahmann

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1. Interesting point from the article.

Reply to xchrom (Original post)

Fri Oct 25, 2013, 12:38 PM

Oct 2013

"Given their stealth and survivability, SSBNs represent a secure second-strike force on their own," the study said. "No other state now threatens America's SSBN fleet."

Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/navys-new-sub-program-still-priority-2013-10#ixzz2ikfXNUgR

No threat to our current fleet, but we're scrapping it anyway for new and shiny replacements that cost a bloody fortune. That is while we are also building awesome new attack submarines, the Virginia Class, because the Los Angeles Class was obsolete, but still the best in the oceans. And we're building the Zumwalt Destroyers which are stealth replacements for the Aegis systems. Then there is the Gerald Ford Class of Supercarrier, which we are buying, and have already shut down the first of the Nuclear Powered supercarriers the Enterprise, because the Enterprise can't handle the F-35, which we are buying to replace the F/A-18.

xchrom

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Fri Oct 25, 2013, 02:47 PM

Oct 2013

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