We have 42 active Los Angles class hunter-killer submarines

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92. Agreed. The way to keep servicepeeps effective and safe...

is to give them the best tools and training possible. Less than that, and their lives are in greater danger and the country is lulled into a false sense of security. Mothballing subs deprives the carrier groups of the extra layer of anti-sub protection they need (and theyre already operating 2 boats short of what is really needed), and leaves the Navy short of subs for other mission. It also prevents additional sailors from getting the training they need. It is a ridiculous and foolish notion, promoted by some posters, that mothballed subs can be quickly put in service and a crew pushed aboard, and have any chance of being effective. More than likely the sub and crew would be lost. It would take a year to overhaul a mothballed sub, and likely 2 more years to train a crew. If hostilities arise with another country, we can't call a 3 year timeout to prepare a sub fleet. Some people are farging idiots.