The US Navy Wants To Operate As Many As 72 Attack Submarines, Up From 54, By 2045

The attack submarine USS Virginia departs Naval Submarine Base New London en route to Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in Kittery, Maine in 2010 - file photo. (U.S. Navy photo/Petty Officer 1st Class Steven Myers) 

FOX News/Warrior Maven: Navy to add new attack submarines by 2045 in massive surge 

The prospect of a rapid uptick in attack submarine production has been discussed for several years 

New Virginia-class attack submarines are being built with a massive increase in firepower, much more sensitive and with powerful sonar detection and a new generation of computing, navigation, and command and control systems … and the Navy does not have enough of them. 

It is a challenge that the Navy’s recently released 30-year shipbuilding plan seeks to correct, by calling for an increase in submarine production and acquisition in coming years to address emerging threats, meet growing requests from Combatant Commanders and greatly expand the mission scope for attack submarines to include more reconnaissance and clandestine undersea patrols. 

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WNU Editor: I am not sure if this is going to happen. The incoming Biden administration has made it very clear that they will want to review all Pentagon programs, and to cut what they feel is unnecessary.

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