![Some have argued, he notes, that the Navy should reopen the Ohio production line and resume building the Ohio design SSBNs Ohio class submarine](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilhfqGYcjZ6ap5wT1xyKCCpedBqCd8MRk2C3fb2vvJq_k854nbKpJOwwGUiQ2iD4MDzTnZ3FoITIeTn1xs3gFzTdH5zcIh_CLAYjY1IBx1RWCcUuEekBFosNXwMlTAa8DssbKa_Q/s200/Ohio_class.jpg)
“Recently, a variety of writers have speculated that the required survivable deterrence could be achieved more cost effectively with the Virginia-based option or by restarting the Ohio-class SSBN production line,” says Rear Adm. Richard Breckenridge, in a recent blog.
“Both of these ideas make sense at face value—which is why they were included among the alternatives assessed—but the devil is in the details. When we examined the particulars, each of these options came up short in both military effectiveness and cost efficiency.”
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