A senior US Navy official has confirmed the existence of a new office focused on nuclear carrier inactivation and dismantlement, as first reported by Breaking Defense, and emphasized that it has its work cut out for it, Breaking Defense reports.
Rear Adm. James Downey, special assistant to the service’s acquisition executive, said the new office was established within the past two to three months, following the Navy’s formal decision on its plan to dismantle the former nuclear-powered aircraft carrier Enterprise (CVN-65).
