Department of the Navy Justification of Estimates FY 1991 Budget EstimatesSubmitted to Congress January 1990, Operation and Maintenance, Navy. Book 1. Budget Activity 1. Strategic Forces. Budget Activity 2. General Purpose Forces. Budget Activity 3. Intel

摘要

The Navy's mission in the Strategic Forces program area is to provide an underseastrategic mission launch capability which will ensure that the United States maintains a credible and survivable deterrent to nuclear war. The Navy's strategic deterrent force will consist of thirty-four nuclear submarines (SSBNs) in FY 1990 and thirty-five submarines (SSBNs) in FY 1991. There is a net decrease of one submarine per year over FY 1988 as the Navy continues to receive delivery of the TRIDENT II submarines and the older POSEIDON submarines are decommissioned. The submarines provide the launch platforms for the undersea strategic missile system. This program also supports the operation and maintenance of four submarine tenders, one launch are support ship, related service craft, and four ships chartered from the Military Sealift Command (MSC). Keywords: Military publications, Periodicals, Reports. (EG)