WASHINGTON (AP) — In his blueprint for a stronger Navy, the sea service's new top boss, Adm. John M. Richardson, is blunt about what he thinks matters most: nuclear punch.
Battling terrorists is today's problem, but in looking toward a farther horizon, Richardson wants a Navy built to counter unpredictable future threats from other countries such as North Korea, which on Wednesday announced its first hydrogen bomb test. No. 1 on Richardson's list is a new fleet of nuclear-armed submarines, know
WASHINGTON (AP) — In his blueprint for a stronger Navy, the sea service's new top boss, Adm. John M. Richardson, is blunt about what he thinks matters most: nuclear punch.
Battling terrorists is today's problem, but in looking toward a farther horizon, Richardson wants a Navy built to counter unpredictable future threats from other countries such as North Korea, which on Wednesday announced its first hydrogen bomb test. No. 1 on Richardson's list is a new fleet of nuclear-armed submarines, know…
