"smaller and less expensive Virginia class submarines."

Yet the Seawolf page describes Virginia-class as "ironically" more expensive, and the Virgina page mentions the controversy and higher-than-expected costs of Virginia-class boats.

Virginia

The Virginia ended up costing more due to DOD's need to keep two yards open. The actual cost of the series has gone down as new cost saving techniques arise from modular construction. They are by far cheaper than Seawolf would have been especially if they had been built in two yards. The cost of future Virginia class will be substantially less as millions of man hours have been cut off the expected work hours on the ship. Uopmegabytes 05:30, 22 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]