Blake: Navy May Move Up Ship Purchases To Accommodate SSBN(X)

By Dan Taylor / December 5, 2012 at 12:59 PM
The Navy is looking at a range of solutions to funding the expensive SSBN(X) Ohio-class replacement program in the coming years -- including the possibility of buying other ships earlier to free up funds later on, according to the service's resources chief. The Navy is planning to recapitalize its fleet of 14 Ohio-class ballistic missile submarines with 12 SSBN(X) subs to be procured in the 2020s, but at $6 billion per sub, the huge cost of the program threatens to...

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