The U.S. Navy’s Big Nuclear Attack Submarine Mistake Still Stings

The U.S. Navy’s Big Nuclear Attack Submarine Mistake Still Stings

Key Points and Summary – The U.S. Navy faces a plain arithmetic problem under the waves: we’re decommissioning Los Angeles-class attack submarines faster than we can deliver Virginia-class replacements. Skilled labor gaps, brittle supply chains, complex new variants, and competing demands from the Columbia ballistic-missile program all slow output. The Ohio-class ballistic-missile submarine USS Maine (SSBN 741) begins a dive into the Strait of J…