If it chose not to take this draconian step, the Navy would be obliged to slow the rate of production and delivery of the 153 Trident II missiles currently authorized so as to minimize the adverse effects of shutting down the line entirely.
If you stop short of accomplishing thisstep you will not only fail to move forward strategically, you will also crush the expectations raised in the previous steps.
Yet I am sure my kids would not be ready to step up and do the job of winding up all our affairs if I left this life without warning, as Bruce just did.