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Navy Defends Plans For Just 16 Missile Tubes On Next Boomer

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By Emelie Rutherford A top Navy official stood by the service's decision to outfit the next-generation ballistic-missile submarine with 16 missile tubes, amid reports that US. Strategic Command (STRATCOM) advocated for 20 tubes. Senate Armed Services Strategic Forces subcommittee Ranking Member Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.) questioned Navy Strategic Systems Programs (SSP) Director Rear Adm. Terry Benedict last week about news accounts that the sea service and STRATCOM clashed on the missile-carrying capability of the future SSBN(X) submarine. Benedict testified at a…

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