Following a disastrous underwater collision, the Connecticut was originally scheduled to complete repairs in 2025—but its return was pushed back to this year, and could be further delayed.
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The US Navy’s SSN(X) submarine program is slowly sinking

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 following is the Jan. 26, 2026, Congressional Research Service report, Navy Virginia-Class Submarine Program and AUKUS ...
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The U.S. Navy’s Virginia-class nuclear-powered attack submarine Minnesota (SSN 783) during sea trials. Credit: U.S. Navy photo courtesy of Huntington Ingalls Industries After his summit with South ...