While it was still in the development stage, Rear Admiral Albert Kelln predicted that Trident would "Extend the seabased deterrent survivability we currently enjoy into the 21st century." On the other hand, the Congressional Research Service's Brief on United States defense industrial preparedness contended that the Trident project appeared "to demonstrate all three categories of symptoms mentioned . . . delay, severe cost overruns,...
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