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Naval Expert: America Can’t Afford Plan to Buy 12 Nuclear-Armed Subs

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The Pentagon plans to replace the current nuclear arsenal, including 12 new nuclear armed submarines...

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Naval historian Norman Polmar says buying new nuclear-armed submarines is necessary to replace the aging ones in today's arsenal, but not in as many numbers as the Navy plans. Still frame from PBS Newshour Broadcast. 2015.

Naval historian and consultant Norman Polmar says buying new nuclear-armed submarines is necessary to replace the aging ones in today's arsenal, but not in as many numbers as the Navy plans. Polmar tells the PBS NewsHour alternatives must be explored.

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