Navy Columbia (SSBN-826) Class Ballistic Missile Submarine Program: Background and Issues for Congress

[摘要] This report provides background information and potential oversight issues for Congress on the Columbia-class program, a program to design and build a new class of 12 ballistic missile submarines (SSBNs) to replace the Navy's current force of 14 Ohio-class SSBNs. The Navy has identified the Columbia-class program as the Navy's top priority program, and wants to procure the first Columbia-class boat in FY2021.

[发布日期] 2017-12-21 [发布机构] Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.

[关键词] Naval procurement;Defense budgets;Submarines