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USA could save $15 billion by buying fewer nuclear submarines

Getting a global, nuclear Navy WP, Tom Z. Collina, May 5 Walter Pincus wrote that the Navy faces a tough choice: It can buy 12 nuclear-armed submarines or it can maintain a global fleet, but not both. As a vice admiral put it, budget pressures could force the Navy down to “200 ships, at which point we may not be considered a global navy” [“Budget cuts could reshape the country’s ship supply, official says,” Fine Print, May 2].

The answer is to buy fewer nuclear subs. If the Navy buys eight Ohio-class replacement subs instead of 12, it could save $15 billion over 10 years and still deploy 1,000 nuclear warheads on submarines, as planned…… http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/getting-a-global-nuclear-navy/2013/05/05/6d1de0b0-b437-11e2-9fb1-62de9581c946_story.html

May 11, 2013 - Posted by | USA, weapons and war

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