Columbia-Class: The Budget-Busting Nuclear Missile Submarine the Navy ‘Needs’

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Posted on 09/23/2024 11:47:38 AM PDT by whyilovetexas111

The USS District of Columbia will cost $15 billion-plus (including design and facility costs), with the ensuing boats dropping to $9 billion-plus. The Navy plans to build twelve, but all of the expectations associated with the submarines must be interpreted cautiously. If the United States and Russia fail to maintain the system of treaties (primarily New START) that have limited nuclear weapons platforms since the end of the Cold War, the US might end up building a lot more submarines.

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