Zane notes that India's not got 'em.
It strikes me as ironic that, actually, the Indians probably have more uses for nuclear subs at the moment than the US does. Not only do we have enough weaponry for use against conventional foes without our subs roaming the deep, but we also don't have a major conventional adversary at the moment.
And of course, we're still building them--18 new ones coming off the line from Electric Boat, starting in 2008 (for something like 1.8 billion a pop).
Isn't this money better spent on... I don't know... millions of pounds of jelly beans or massive trampolines in all US elementary schools? Or (more seriously) improved counter-insurgent weaponry or a larger intelligence apparatus?
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This brings me back to your discussion in class about John Edwards role in the production of nuclear subs. We need a better way to keep track of how our money is spent, what a colossal waste.
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