While it is important to address these naval shortcomings, it is inexcusable to ignore serious problems in other legs of the nuclear triad that has provided U.S. strategic deterrence since 1960.
If the triad is to remain viable into the 21st century, then all three of its elements ought to endure the same level of programmatic scrutiny. The Air Force’s troubled Sentinel Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) is one such program that demands greater scrutiny.
Center for Maritime Strategy
Dr. Steven Wills
External Source: Defense Opinion
The U.S. Navy has been the focus of recent criticism for its shipbuilding woes, to include delays to the Columbia-class ballistic missile submarine of up to 16 months in the first vessel’s delivery. The submarine industrial base has come under regular attack as well for its inability to build enough ballistic missile and attack submersibles to fill both U.S. and now Australian submarine needs through the AUKUS agreement.
While it is important to address these naval shortcomings, it is inexcusable to ignore serious problems in other legs of the nuclear triad that has provided U.S. strategic deterrence since 1960.
If the triad is to remain viable into the 21st century, then all three of its elements ought to endure the same level of programmatic scrutiny. The Air Force’s troubled Sentinel Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) is one such program that demands greater scrutiny.
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Dr. Steven Wills, Navalist