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Originally Posted by Bilge_Rat
this may be heresy around here...
...but does the US really need 70 nuclear subs, including 40+ LA class attack subs?
seems to me you could scrap 20 LA class subs without having any effect on US defence capability.
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If you combined the number of submarines are potential enemies have they have about 100-120 subs combined. We have about 50 SSNs so we are only outnumbered about 2-1. Between the US and the PRC we have nearly parity in submarine numbers although our subs generally better.