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Originally Posted by Heibges
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Originally Posted by AntEater
What's it with all that nukular fetish??
Seriously until the USN fields the big bad interceptor missile (TM) at the size of a Saturn V in multiple cell VLS launchers, I don't see a reason for a missile dreadnought 
To me this seems to be a rehash of the old "arsenal ship" thing only now with ballistic missile defense as the excuse, not cruise missile platform as before. |
I too wonder why Congress is "pressuring" the Navy to make the ship nuclear. |
That's easy...not enough production without it. The know-how and expertise to build nuclear vessels is quickly fading, as the number of nuclear powered ships in the US Navy has dropped dramatically since the end of the Cold War. If they make a new class of ship nuclear-powered, it may help to retain that knowledge/expertise for future use.