Suboptimal over-reach

Congratulations Sir. Due to the over-reach in the SEA 1000 hopes and dreams, you just described the need for a nuke, U.S.-built, Virginia-class submarine.

An AIP boat will not be competitive in blue-water sub ops.

Now if you want to talk about the littorals to the North and sub-operations within our means to procure and sustain on a small budget, that is a different story.



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