JAKARTA - United States (US) President Donald Trump announced that he would build a new Virginia-class nuclear-powered submarine starting December 2025.
Trump said this in a speech at the main base of the US Navy's Atlantic Fleet (AL) in Norfolk, Virginia, last Sunday.
Quoting Tass, Monday, October 6, this moment was also a commemoration of the 250th anniversary of the formation of the Navy.
According to a statement released by the Pentagon press bureau in June 2025, the US Government allocated $987 million to the company Electric Boat (part of General Dynamics) to accelerate efforts to modernize US facilities and defense equipment, including the construction of this nuclear submarine.
The department said the budget would be aimed, among others, towards developing key submarine components, support for special shipyards and suppliers involved in the construction of next-generation Columbia nuclear-class ballistic missile submarines.
In addition, for the Virginia-class attack submarine project and the Ford-class aircraft carrier.
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