Navy Sticks By Ohio Replacement Costs; CBO Says It’s 17% Higher

Navy Sticks By Ohio Replacement Costs; CBO Says It’s 17% Higher
Navy Sticks By Ohio Replacement Costs; CBO Says It’s 17% Higher

WASHINGTON: The Navy rebuffed today a Congressional Budget Office estimate that the service is too optimistic about the cost of its new nuclear missile submarine. Still, whatever the final cost, it’s certain to be high — so high the Navy officially admits its own figures show the sub is unaffordable under current budget plans. In…