Navy Shipbuilding Programs: Nuclear Attack Submarine Requirements
Abstract
We appreciate the opportunity to be here today to discuss the requirements for continued production of nuclear attack submarines. I will summarize our two main points on this issue and then discuss the specifics. First, there are less costly alternatives than the approach the Navy has chosen to maintain the required SSN force structure. As recently reported, these alternative approaches would save billions of dollars and meet the Navy's force structure and threat requirements. Second, the SSN-23 is not needed to requirements or to counter a threat satisfy force structure. Instead, the Department of Defense (DOD) justification for building the submarine is to preserve competition and to meet industrial base and national security needs. We believe DOD's justification is inadequate as a basis for building the SSN-23 because there currently is no competition to build nuclear attack submarines and DOD has not made clear what it means by long- term industrial base and national security needs.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Mar 16, 1995
- Accession Number
- AD1170036
Entities
People
- Richard A. Davis
Organizations
- United States Government Accountability Office