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Virginia commissionings may actually DROP BELOW 1 per year as construction of the 12 Columbias is expected to be the US’s top construction priority from 2023 to 2042. [2]
By the mid 2030s all the Seawolf and Los Angeles class SSNs will have been retired.
So, from the mid 2030s, numbers of Virginias will be the US’s only SSN measure (for the foreseeable future).
The USN since 2016 has been advising it needs 66 SSNs to efficiently operate.
On a generous 1 Columbia SSBN and 1 Virginia commissioning per year the US will only have 42 Virginias (or SSNs of any type) in 2042.
This is recognizing severe submarine build labor shortages in the US (despite years of $Multi-Billion cash injections) have prevented the US industrial base from launching subs at a higher tempo.
In short “Virginias for Australia” is only an Australian and Biden slogan to keep AUKUS alive through to the mid 2040s when the first mainly UK designed SSN-AUKUS Might be available for Australia.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virginia-class_submarine#Boats_in_class
[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbia-class_submarine#Overview