The Navy spent over $1.5 billion in the last decade on attack submarines that could not be operationally deployed, according to a new study. A General Accountability Office report publicly released last week in response to a request from the House Armed Services readiness subcommittee found Navy submarines either sat idle or experienced upkeep delays for 10,636 days from fiscal years 2008 through 2018 due to delays at shipyards. "GAO's analysis found that while the public shipyards have operated above...
