Jack Buckby, a New York-based defense analyst and national security researcher, evaluates the mounting "firepower deficit" as the U.S. Navy attempts to replace the Ohio-class SSGN with the Virginia ...
The U.S. Navy is set to lose its most potent undersea strike platforms within the next three fiscal years, and the submarines meant to pick up the slack are not arriving fast enough. As the four ...
Virginia-class submarine program. The Navy has been procuring Virginia (SSN-774) class nuclear-powered attack submarines (SSNs) since FY1998, and a total of 41 have been procured through FY2025. From ...
They say that waiting any longer for the deals for at least 15 submarines could harm the manufacturing base the Navy relies on.