As the US cuts defense spending, questions arise as to where the remaining money is best allocated. If we are to get out of the business of invasion and occupation and focus our efforts sincerely on national defense, one productive use of what defense spending will remain following the cuts is the expansion of our naval capabilities. In terms of force projection, battleships, aircraft carriers, but most of all nuclear submarines offer the most bang for our buck. The nuclear submarine was predicted to be the most potent weapon devised by mankind as far back as the original publication of 20,000 leagues under the sea. In that work, Captain Nemo is able to wage war on the surface vessels of every nation on Earth with impunity due to the superior capabilities of what was, in that story, the world's only nuclear submarine. Even then, it was foreseeable that weaponized nuclear submarines represented the apex of war fighting technology, as each is essentially a mobile missile silo, capable not only of launching nuclear ICBMs (arguably useless due to the political impossibility of using nuclear weapons in the modern age) but also more recently cruise missiles and even drones. Additional recent developments include the ability to deploy and recover a long range, deep diving six man submersible, which itself can carry and fire two torpedos. As the world increasingly looks to the deep sea for resources like rare earth metals and methane hydrate fuel, this capability will grow in importance. However, the modern nuclear submarine has a fatal flaw; Food supply. The reactor can go between five and twenty years between refueling, depending on the submarine. But the food supply is typically exhausted in less than six months. It may seem absurd but the single greatest operational limitation of what is otherwise the world's most potent weapon is keeping the crew fed. To this end, I propose a network of submerged chambers, perhaps built from surplus submarine hulls, suspended from the ocean floor on chains. On the underside, a docking collar compatible with the docking ring on modern submarines, normally used by rescue subs. This would permit a submarine to dock with this second hull, offload waste for storage and carry aboard nonperishable food stores before closing the hatches, decoupling and getting back underway, all without needing to surface. The absence of climate control for these supply depots would increase the longevity of the stores; frigid deep water temperatures would keep the interior just above freezing. Warm clothing would be needed by the crewmen sent aboard to transfer food, but with adequate powered air circulation the depot's interior atmosphere should remain breathable for the duration of the resupply process. These depots can be fixed to the continental shelf, but also possibly designed such that they can be moved from place to place, to prevent their use by enemies. Depending on the longevity of the food they contain, it would make it possible to wage submarine warfare independent of shore support for several decades, in the event that a nuclear strike or invasion devastates our ability to defend the mainland.