Submarines 17billion

[Navy1960]

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Navy on Monday awarded a $17.6 billion contract for 10 more Virginia-class, nuclear-powered attack submarines to General Dynamics and its major subcontractor, Huntington Ingalls Industries.

The contract, which funds work on two Virginia-class submarines per year from fiscal year 2014 through 2018, will net savings of over $2 billion, effectively giving the Navy 10 ships for the price of nine, said Navy Capt. David Goggins, program manager for the Virginia-class submarines

Huntington Ingalls, General Dynamics win huge Navy contract - Daily Press

I had the chance to read this yesterday on Navytimes and happened to read a lot of the negative comments on this when it came to the amount being spent. I wonder what the alternative would be then to replacing the existing fleet of submarines. to not replace them and withdraw defending free access to the sea?

 

[DriftingSand]

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Navy on Monday awarded a $17.6 billion contract for 10 more Virginia-class, nuclear-powered attack submarines to General Dynamics and its major subcontractor, Huntington Ingalls Industries.

The contract, which funds work on two Virginia-class submarines per year from fiscal year 2014 through 2018, will net savings of over $2 billion, effectively giving the Navy 10 ships for the price of nine, said Navy Capt. David Goggins, program manager for the Virginia-class submarines

Huntington Ingalls, General Dynamics win huge Navy contract - Daily Press

I had the chance to read this yesterday on Navytimes and happened to read a lot of the negative comments on this when it came to the amount being spent. I wonder what the alternative would be then to replacing the existing fleet of submarines. to not replace them and withdraw defending free access to the sea?

Good news! We need to keep our military powerful and up-to-date. Hopefully, the subs will be made in the USA and not in China or Cuba.

 

[Navy1960]

On a side note to this post if people wanted to be upset about spending then they need to be upset about why the Navy would spend several billion dollars on an aircraft carrier "USS George Washington" with a service life of 50 years and in its mid life refueling decide they want to scrap it with 25 years of life left on it. Or perhaps the littoral combat ship which is an utter disaster of a program that has cost the Navy and the taxpayer billions for a ship that not only has terrible seakeeping abilities but is so under gunned it could not even defeat a 1970's destroyer many of which are used by several 3rd world nations today . There are a lot of things to be upset about, but spending money to replace a submarine force that is getting older is not one of them.