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727 Days on Patrol: Navy Ohio-Class Missile Submarine ‘Broke All the Rules’

USS Florida, one of the Navy’s converted Ohio-class SSGNs, just wrapped up an extraordinary 727-day deployment that quietly circled the globe. -Operating in the 5th, 6th, and 7th Fleet AORs, the ...
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The Ohio-Class SSGN Nuclear Submarines Have a Message for Any Navy on Earth

Key Points and Summary - America’s four Ohio-class SSGNs—each packing up to 154 Tomahawks and room for 66 SEALs—are the Navy’s lowest-risk, highest-leverage strike asset. -After Operation Midnight ...
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The interior and missile launch of the Ohio-class nuclear submarines

Conversion of the USS Ohio into a cruise missile submarine (SGN) began in November 2002. The work was completed in January ...
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Here’s the role an Ohio-class submarine played in the strikes on Iran

At about 5 p.m. Eastern Standard Time on June 21, a U.S. Navy nuclear-powered submarine launched over two dozen Tomahawk land attack cruise missiles into Iran, striking targeted infrastructure sites ...
The National Interest

Ohio-class

What You Need to Know: The U.S. Navy’s Columbia-class submarines, designed to replace the aging Ohio-class fleet as a cornerstone of the nuclear triad, face delays of up to 16... Retirement Drama: The ...
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The US Navy's oldest active submarine — the missile-packed USS Ohio — is back in action for unrestricted ops in the Pacific

The US Navy's oldest active submarine is back for operations in the Pacific after a three-year maintenance period. The USS Ohio is a first-in-class nuclear-powered guided-missile submarine. The ...
Stars and Stripes

Deterrence is the best defense: Why submarine readiness matters now, needs predictive AI

Last month, the Navy conducted four scheduled test launches of unarmed Trident II D5 missiles from an Ohio-class submarine off Florida’s east coast. Some observers read the timing as quiet signaling ...
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The Hypersonic Missile Advantage

With refueling, an Ohio-class SSBN to SSGN conversion cost 4 billion dollars per boat in the early 21 st century. With inflation, the cost should rise to 5 billion per boat or 70 billion dollars for ...
Defense Daily

First Columbia-Class Sub Bow Section Arrives At Electric Boat

The bow section of the first Columbia-class ballistic missile submarine arrived at General Dynamics’ Electric Boat South Yard assembly building in Groton, ...
The Providence Journal

One of the largest, most complex ships built by the US is being made in RI. What to know.

The U.S.S. Wisconsin, a new Columbia-class ballistic-missile submarine, had its keel laying ceremony on August 27th. The Wisconsin is the second submarine in the Columbia-class, which will eventually ...
The National Interest

Ohio-class Submarine

Retirement Drama: The fall of the USSR and Cold War’s end reshaped U.S. and Russian nuclear strategies, reflected in the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaties (START I & II). These treaties... What You ...