Navy Trident Submarine Conversion (SSGN) Program: Background and Issues for Congress


 

Publication Date: October 2008

Publisher: Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service

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Research Area: Military and defense

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The Navy's proposed FY2006 budget requests $293 million in procurement funding and $24 million in research and development funding for the Navy's program to refuel and convert four Trident ballistic missile submarines (SSBNs) into cruisemissile-carrying and special operations forces (SOF) support submarines (SSGNs). The total estimated cost of the program, which has been increasing over time, is now $4,018 million. This report will be updated as events warrant.