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August 3, 2015
Navy’s Plan to Buy 12 New Nuclear-armed Subs Reflects Outdated, Cold War Thinking, Critic Says
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The Pentagon plans to replace the current nuclear arsenal, including 12 new nuclear armed submarines...
The Navy blueprint calls for spending over $100 billion to replace 14 nuclear-armed submarines with 12 new ones. But Joseph Cirincione, president of the Ploughshares Fund, tells the PBS NewsHour buying so many new subs is overkill and not necessary.