This biggest mistake civilian political leadership and the USN made vis-a-vis naval aviation in the immediate post Cold War environment was failing to provide the adequate funds necessary to develop and procure some sort of dedicated long range attack aircraft that could carry an adequate bomb load to properly…

Actually a nuclear deterrent shortfall is a very real and distinct possibility if the SSBN-X doesn’t come on line. Our ballistic missile submarine force currently carries well over 50% of our deliverable strategic nuclear arsenal. While the U.S does have a fairly large arsenal of nuclear warheads our delivery…