{"id":590120,"date":"2023-09-07T02:08:20","date_gmt":"2023-09-06T23:08:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/senators-raise-concerns-over-us-missing-nuclear-submarine-target\/"},"modified":"2023-09-07T02:08:20","modified_gmt":"2023-09-06T23:08:20","slug":"senators-raise-concerns-over-us-missing-nuclear-submarine-target","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/senators-raise-concerns-over-us-missing-nuclear-submarine-target\/","title":{"rendered":"#Senators raise concerns over US missing nuclear submarine target"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/03\/hagertybill_032223gn02_w.jpg?w=900\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Senators on the Foreign Relations Committee raised concerns that the U.S. fell short of its nuclear submarine target during a Wednesday morning hearing on a trilateral security partnership.<\/p>\n<p>Australia, the United Kingdom and the U.S. struck <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.defense.gov\/Spotlights\/AUKUS\/\">the defense deal<\/a>, AUKUS, in Sept. 2021 and announced an <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/briefing-room\/statements-releases\/2023\/03\/13\/joint-leaders-statement-on-aukus-2\/\">arrangement<\/a> for Australia to acquire \u201cconventionally-armed, nuclear-powered submarine (SSN) capability through the partnership in March 2023 (SSN-AUKUS). As part of that agreement, Australia agreed to invest <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>roximately $3 billion in the first four years of the agreement into U.S. shipbuilding.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr1_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>The agreement is intended to help Australia develop nuclear-powered submarines while enabling allies to safely share the relevant <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/technology\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"4\" title=\"Technology\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">technology<\/a> with each other.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>During the hearing, lawmakers questioned whether the U.S. had the bandwidth to sell nuclear submarines to Australia. The U.S. Navy currently has 49 fast-attack submarines, which puts it at 17 submarines short of the 66-vessel goal the military branch previously told Congress it needed to reach in order to properly defend the U.S.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are grateful that the Australians want to invest $3 billion,\u201d Sen. Pete Ricketts (R-Neb.) said. \u201cWhat are we gonna have to invest to get to 66 submarines?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Mara Karlin, assistant secretary of defense for the Defense Department, said the submarine industrial base was downsized after the Cold War, but that the current government\u2019s investments allow for a substantial rebuild.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPost-Cold War, we closed down a whole bunch of the submarine industrial base and consolidated given the post-Cold-War peace dividend,\u201d Dr. Karlin said. \u201cThere\u2019s been really important investment by this Congress, by the Administration to try to build it up and make sure that we can put it in the right places and then see what fruit grow from that. It is a priority, it will continue to be a priority going forward.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Sen. Bill Hagerty (R-Tenn.) shared a similar concern, emphasizing that the promise to sell submarines to Australia would put the Navy in a tough spot to reach the 66-count goal.\u00a0<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr2_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>\u201cToday, the Navy has 49 attack submarines, that\u2019s roughly 25% short of its goal of 66 submarines,\u201d Hagerty said. \u201cThe pace of making as I\u2019ve read is maybe 1.2 submarines a year. By giving these submarines to Australia, that will put us three-to-four years behind in our production process.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>With the current production process and the proposed sale to Australia, the Navy won\u2019t reach its goal until 2049, according to Hagerty.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Karlin acknowledged that the Navy\u2019s fleet could be strengthened and that the process is underway with Congress and the Administration\u2019s support.\u00a0<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr3_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>\u201cWe are all working through Congress\u2019 really important support and through the Administration to build up an industrial base that frankly was not strong as anyone hoped it to be.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Sen. Tim Kaine (D-Va.) had a more positive outlook on the state of the AUKUS partnership, arguing that Australia\u2019s $3 billion investment into the shipbuilding industry would supercharge the U.S. production pace.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf they make that investment, it will help us increase our pace of production,\u201d he said. \u201cIf they don\u2019t make that investment, it will be harder to increase the pace of production. Each side has resources that can help each other. We have to get the timing right.\u201d<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr4_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>Kaine argued that Australia is \u201cnot going to make the investment unless they have surety that there\u2019s gonna be a deliverable for them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe should use this historic opportunity to enhance our ability to meet the production goals that we are talking about,\u201d Kaine said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Copyright 2023 Nexstar <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Media<\/a> Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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