03/19/2018
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"The Columbia class is projected to carry about 70 percent of our Nation's strategic deterrence. This is a program that we cannot get wrong."
"If we continue to allow the reduction in our attack submarine force, potential adversaries may see this decline as a strategic inflection point."
"Our adversaries are always measuring options and looking at our funding decisions to determine how this impacts their own strategic goals."
"Admiral Harris, our PACOM commander, constantly reminds us that his most critical shortfall is attack submarines."