[Snickering Hound]

[KC_Lion]

In other news: The Navy's Cruisers Are Old and It Has Nothing to Replace Them With

And

Is 355 Ships by 2050 Realistic? Maybe Not, Navy Undersecretary Says

[Gen.Blather]

If I was the Navy I’d have a problem outsourcing work to shipyards not used to handling classified work. It would be too easy to sabotage a sub. Also, the equipment aboard is largely classified. Heck, if the NSA can’t guarantee its classified contractors aren’t going to publish national secrets, how could a dockyard guarantee a welder won’t purposely create a few bad welds that will fail at depth?

[Mariner]

The Navy refuses to outsource.

However, ALL of these attack subs are built by the outsourcer Electric Boat.

This is a problem with the Navy, not the budget.

While sequestration is causing a lot of issues and weakening our defense posture, this isn’t one of them.

[grobdriver]

Somehow this just does not seem like the kind of information that should be available on the internet, or be published by anyone. It offends my Top Secret clearance sensibilities...

[central_va]

The biggest threat to out national security are the Free Traitors™ who are trying to make a buck while destroying our countries manufacturing base in the process. They love off shoring and de industrialization and tell us it's good for the country when nothing could be further could be the truth. The declining industrial capacity of the USA is the biggest threat to national security, more than anything weve ever come across. The Navy is especially hard it. The dearth of shipyards and drydocks is killing us.

Our enemies(China) know we are becoming a one punch wonder with no way to sustaining a long protracted fight. Especially a naval war.

[central_va]

Decline in U.S. Shipbuilding Industry: A Cautionary Tale of Foreign Subsidies Destroying U.S. Jobs

[Seruzawa]

More money will solve nothing. Firing a bunch of Admirals and various ring-knockers will.