Navy leaders, who this summer plan to seek permission to formally launch their top-priority Ohio Replacement submarine program, do not yet have a plan for how to finance both it as well as the service's conventional fleet modernization needs -- a decision with enormous budgetary consequences. The Navy's fiscal year 2017 budget includes plans to spend more than $11 billion over the next five years for the new ballistic missile submarine program -- including paying for the first boat in...
