http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20041023/ap_on_re_us/uss_virginia No more "up scope". But doesn't this statement contradict itself? The sub is the first of 10 Virginia-class submarines scheduled to be built through a partnership between Northrop Grumman Newport News and General Dynamics Electric Boat. The class is projected to have 30 subs.
No. Right now there is a funding committment for 10 subs. They expect that there could be as many as 30. So, conservatively divide that in half and that means there will be 15 at most but I'd be surprised if they built even that many.