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New Nuke Plans Not Seen Swaying SSBN Sub Buy

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Wednesday, April 7th, 2010

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By Emelie Rutherford The Obama administration's new nuclear-weapons direction will not likely significantly alter the Navy's plans to buy a dozen new ballistic-missile Ohio-class submarines starting later this decade, a naval analyst said. The Nuclear Posture Review (NPR) unveiled yesterday calls for reducing U.S. nuclear-force levels while still maintaining a strategic deterrent that includes the triad of ballistic-missile submarines, nuclear-capable aircraft, and ICBMs, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said at the Pentagon. The NPR jibes with the new Strategic Arms Reduction…

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