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U.S submariners and their shipbuilders could get an early Christmas present Monday, when the U.S. Navy is expected to announce the award of $14 billion in construction contracts.
The new submarines are the next eight ships of the SSN 774 Virginia class of nuclear attack subs.
General Dynamics Electric Boat is the prime contractor for the Virginia-class program, with construction split equally between Northrop Grumman Shipbuilding's Newport News, Va., shipyard and GD's facilities at Quonset Point, R.I., and Groton, Conn.
The new submarines collectively are referred to as Block III. Funding for the first of the Block III boats, the North Dakota (SSN 784), was included in the 2009 defense budget. The Navy plans to ask for one more submarine in 2010 and two subs in 2011, 2012 and 2013 to complete the new group
Awesome. Great news for the Navy.
Originally posted by Zaphod58
Yeah, you're right. Let's just all give up our guns and go back to killing each other with sticks and rocks. Oh wait! We'll just magically get along once we give up guns right?
Originally posted by sadchild01
more good news ..... seems the US elite is deliberately bankrupting USA , and sooner or later USA and its advanced weapons will be on a firescale for chinese to purchase