Navy Confronts $80 Billion Cost Of New Ballistic Missile Submarines

摘要

The Navy is preparing to tell Congress the $80 billion cost of building new ballistic missile submarines in the coming years could force big shipbuilding cuts and trigger industry consolidation unless the service receives additional funding for the project, Inside the Pentagon has learned.rnThe 12 new SSBN(X) subs are considered critical for U.S. national security. They would replace 14 Ohio-class subs that carry nuclear ballistic missiles and are deemed by the Navy the most survivable leg of the U.S. strategic arsenal.