According to the witnesses' prepared testimony, the introduction of new payload capacity for SSNs is one of four cited rationales used to justify a decrease in the battle force requirement reduction from 313 to 306 ships.
McCain discusses the rationale for reducing the Navy's battle force requirement.
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