Summary: As tensions with China escalate, the potential retirement of the Ohio-class submarine by the United States Navy has sparked concerns about America's military readiness in the Indo-Pacific. The Ohio-class, a key asset in any conflict with China due to its vast arsenal and sophisticated communications, may be retired by 2027 — a critical point when China is expected to be capable of attacking Taiwan. With an already insufficient number of these submarines and the costly, complex Columbia-class set to replace them, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) has flagged the Navy's procurement timeline as unrealistic. This scenario leaves a strategic gap, as the Navy's shipyards struggle to meet peacetime demands, let alone wartime.

With war between the United States and the People’s Republic of China on the possible horizon as tensions mount, the US government is poised to retire one of its greatest weapons against Chinese aggression in the Indo-Pacific: the Ohio-class submarine.

This guided-missile attack submarine is an undersea juggernaut, brimming with a vast and lethal arsenal and one of the world’s most sophisticated undersea communications suites, the Ohio-class will be one of the most important weapons systems the US Navy can deploy against the Chinese military in war.

Not only is it set to be retired—possibly as early as 2027, the same year that the Pentagon........

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