The Ohio-class ballistic-missile submarine USS Kentucky (SSBN 737) arrives at Naval Base Guam, Aug. 28, 2023. (MC2 Gregory Pickett II/US Navy)
“It’s counterintuitive,” the head of U.S. submarine forces acknowledges, but the Navy’s ballistic missile submarine force is spending more time operating at sea while also seeing better material readiness rates, Defense News reports.
