Navy Planned To Independently Finance Ohio Replacement Program

摘要

The Navy, when working in 2010 to secure support from Pentagon leaders to commence a new ballistic missile submarine program, claimed it could finance the Ohio Replacement Program out of hide - a pledge now in tatters as service leaders argue that without significantly more money for the strategic deterrent program, steep cuts will be levied against the Navy's conventional modernization portfolio. In June 2010, the Navy's then-top officer issued a memorandum concluding debate over the number of missile tubes slated for the new submarine, a critical design decision with major budget implications that followed extensive deliberations over whether the Ohio-class replacement submarine would be 16 or 20 tubes, or some number in between.