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Sunday, August 17, 2014

U.S. Submarines Are Dying -- Will These 2 Companies Build Our New Nuclear Attack Subs?

USS Toledo (Los Angeles class SSN)The U.S. fleet of nuclear-powered attack submarines is dying. The good news is the U.S. Navy has a plan to address this problem, and it would directly benefit sub makers General Dynamics and Huntington Ingalls Industries . Here's what you need to know.

There are three types of Navy subs: nuclear-powered cruise missile and special operations forces subs (SSGNs), nuclear-powered ballistic missile subs (SSBNs), and nuclear-powered attack subs (SSNs).

Of these three types of vessels, it's the SSNs that make up the backbone of the Navy's submarine force, conducting a range of missions, including reconnaissance, surveillance, covert insertion, and covert strikes.

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