Ohio-class guided-missile submarines (SSGN ... Combined, the four SSGNs represent more than half of the Submarine Force’s vertical launch payload capacity with each SSGN capable of carrying ...

A total of 18 of a planned 24 Ohio-class nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarines (SSBNs ... The vertical launch tubes of ...

In contrast to aircraft and subsonic missiles, the Navy's hypersonic Conventional Prompt Strike (CPS) missile reaches a 2,200 ...

The Trident II can carry multiple independently targeted reentry vehicles and features a celestially-aided inertial navigation system.

Since the 1960s, the Ballistic Missile Submarine has been ... a survivable nuclear deterrent. The 14 Ohio-class SSBNs can carry up to 24 submarine-launched ballistic missiles (SLBMs) with multiple ...

class ballistic missile submarine (SSBN) program is a program to design and build a class of 12 new SSBNs to replace the Navy’s current force of 14 aging Ohio-class SSBNs. Since 2013 ...

The new Columbia class SSBNs will be about the same length of the 15,500 ton Ohios but about 5 percent larger in diameter and displace 18,500 tons on the surface. The Ohios were based on 1980s ...

SEOUL--For the first time since the 1980s a U.S. Navy nuclear-armed ballistic missile submarine (SSBN ... Each of the Ohio-class submarines carry 20 Trident II D5 missiles, each of which can ...