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Thursday, March 15, 2012

Shipbuilding Industry Fears Cuts to Submarine Programs

[USS North Carolina (SSN-777)]For a time, submarine manufacturers and their suppliers will have it good.

The mantra of building two boats per year, the minimum number advocates say is required to keep the highly specialized industry humming along, will be in place for the next few years.

However, the fiscal year 2013 budget proposal is throwing a wet blanket on these carefully laid out plans.

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