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NSIAD-95-96R 1 (1995-02-13)

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             United States
GAO)         General Accounting Office
             Washington, D.C. 20548

             National Security and
             International Affairs Division

             B-260338




             February 13, 1995
             The Honorable William J. Perry
             Secretary of Defense

             Dear Mr. Secretary:

             In December 1994, members of my staff briefed Department of
             Defense (DOD) and Navy officials on our analysis of the
             RAND Corporation's Submarine Production Base Study.' Some
             DOD and Navy officials have apparently interpreted our
             briefing as supporting the construction of the third
             Seawolf submarine. We think it is important to clarify our
             position. This letter discusses our position on the study
             and our prior work addressing the Seawolf and other
             interrelated nuclear submarine force structure and
             industrial base issues.

             BACKGROUND

             In January 1993, DOD asked RAND's National Defense Research
             Institute, a federally funded research and development
             center, to compare the practicality and cost of two
             approaches to future submarine production. The approaches
             were (1) allowing production to shut down as currently
             programmed submarines are finished, then restarting
             production when more submarines are needed, and (2)
             continuing low-rate production. In September 1994, RAND
             released an analysis of cost, schedule, and risk for
             selected submarine force structures.








             iThe U.S. Submarine Production Base: An Analysis of Cost,
             Schedule, and Risk for Selected Force Structures, RAND
               (Santa Monica, Calif., 1994).

                          Proposed Submarine Construction GAO/NSIAD-95-96R

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