Navy orders nine more nuclear submarines in $22B contract

Navy orders nine more nuclear submarines in $22B contract

The US Navy has ordered nine more of the world's most advanced nuclear submarines in its most expensive ship-building contract ever awarded at more than $22.2billion (file photo)

The US Navy has ordered nine more of the world’s most advanced nuclear submarines in its most expensive ship-building contract ever awarded at more than $22.2billion. 

The massive Block V contract was announced on Monday, months after the head of the US Navy in the Pacific warned that additional submarines were essential to countering China‘s rapid naval growth and aggressive military actions…

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