The US Navy does not have the capacity to build the SSN(X) submarines at scale—but rather than acknowledging this, it has simply attempted to delay their completion dates.

The bow section of the US Navy’s first future ballistic-missile submarine, USS District of Columbia (SSBN-826), has left Newport News Shipbuilding and is on its way to General Dynamics Electric Boat ...

Attack submarines are one of the major weapons the U.S. relies on to counter China’s military threat in the Pacific.