A Big Deal: The Navy Wants 3 New Virginia-Class Submarines Every Year
Kris Osborn
Security, Asia
More subs, more power.
Key point: Virginia class submarines are nuclear-powered and would be a major help to America's over-stretched Navy.
The Navy hopes to increase its current submarine construction op-tempo and build as many as three Virginia-class submarines per year to more rapidly address the services’ attack submarine deficit.
The previous status quo had been for the Navy to drop from building two Virginia-Class boats per... Читать дальше...