Navy SSBN(X) Ballistic Missile Submarine Program: Background and Issues for Congress Metadata

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Title

  • Main Title Navy SSBN(X) Ballistic Missile Submarine Program: Background and Issues for Congress

Creator

  • Author: O'Rourke, Ronald
    Creator Type: Personal
    Creator Info: Specialist in Naval Affairs

Publisher

  • Name: Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.
    Place of Publication: Washington D.C.

Date

  • Creation: 2011-01-14

Language

  • English

Description

  • Content Description: Report discussing the United States Navy's plan to develop and design a class of 12 next-generation ballistic missile submarines, or SSBN(X)s, as replacements for the 14 Ohio class SSBNs currently in operation. The report explores the affordability of the project and its potential impact on other Navy shipbuilding programs, alternatives to the program, and which shipyard or shipyards will build the proposed ships.
  • Physical Description: 42 pages.

Subject

  • Legislative Indexing Vocabulary: Weapons systems
  • Legislative Indexing Vocabulary: Submarines
  • Legislative Indexing Vocabulary: Ballistic missiles
  • Legislative Indexing Vocabulary: Shipbuilding
  • Legislative Indexing Vocabulary: Transportation
  • Legislative Indexing Vocabulary: Defense policy
  • Legislative Indexing Vocabulary: Navy -- U.S.
  • Legislative Indexing Vocabulary: Defense economics
  • Legislative Indexing Vocabulary: Naval procurement

Primary Source

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Coverage

  • Place Name: United States

Collection

  • Name: Congressional Research Service Reports
    Code: CRSR

Institution

  • Name: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
    Code: UNTGD

Resource Type

  • Report

Format

  • Text

Identifier

  • CRS Report Number: R41129
  • Accession or Local Control No: R41129_2011Jan14
  • Archival Resource Key: ark:/67531/metadc227661
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