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Foster's Daily Democrat
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America needs to step up its submarine production or it risks being overtaken by China, U.S. Sen. Christopher Dodd said on Thursday.
The Democratic senator from Connecticut and presidential candidate toured the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard with union officials as part of a campaign swing through the Granite State.
"By the year 2010, the Chinese will have double the size of the submarines that we have," he told a small gathering of media and onlookers.
Dodd said the Chinese Navy will be larger by 2015. To address the problem, Dodd said he is lobbying the Defense Department to increase the number of submarines being built each year from one to two.
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public. date:
February 16, 2007
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