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The US Navy's new $166billion fleet of Virginia-class submarines is being hampered by infrastructure issues and defective parts that are breaking down decades earlier than expected. The Navy is facing 'significant delays' in submarine maintenance that will stunt its ability to keep up with its workload for the next 25 years, according to a recent report from the Congressional Budget Office. The CBO report found that the Navy faces a drastic shortage of parts and has too often relied on a solution called 'cannibalization.' In other words, when a submarine is missing a part, the Navy typically swaps it with...

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