Proposed Ballistic-Missile Submarine Nears Pentagon Review -- Global Security Newswire
WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Navy's emerging plans for a new nuclear-armed submarine are slated to undergo a pivotal Defense Department review in November, with the initial backing of a key congressional committee in hand (see GSN, Aug. 10).
The Senate Appropriations Committee on Sept. 14 said it fully supported the fiscal 2011 plans to perform design, engineering and prototyping work on the next-generation ballistic-missile submarine.
Lawmakers noted, though, that they had imposed a 10 percent reduction in funds on the Obama administration request for $493 million because program delays this past year would prevent the Navy from completing all its earlier anticipated work for 2011. The partial funding would leave the effort with $444.7 million for the coming year.
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My Comment: OK .... where is the money going to come from? A new nuclear-armed submarine fleet will cost tens of billions of dollars .... and I still do not know who they will target once this fleet is built. Sighhhh .... they will pump the money to develop the plans for such a fleet .... but when the next big decisions will need to be made, expect this fleet to be scaled back and/or canceled.
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