These treaties led to significant nuclear drawdowns and a reevaluation of force structures, prompting the U.S. to convert four Ohio-class SSBNs into SSGNs. Retirement Drama: The fall of the USSR ...

The 1994 Nuclear Posture ... to transform four Ohio-class submarines into conventional land attack and SOF platforms. This allowed the Navy to leverage existing submarine technology while at ...

six-month deployments to maintain a survivable nuclear deterrent. The 14 Ohio-class SSBNs can carry up to 24 submarine-launched ballistic missiles (SLBMs) with multiple independently-targeted ...

Originally designed as SSBNs for nuclear deterrence ... leg of the triad was given great weight, so a new submarine was developed: the Ohio class. The first Ohios were built starting in the ...

Submarines are even more complex, given how they operate. Because of this, the U.S. doesn't build its nuclear submarines all ...

This upgrade revitalizes the Ohio-class submarine fleet, making it an effective combat platform for non-nuclear operations. Despite their refit, plans to replace the current fleet of Ohio-class ...

Total lifetime cost for the U.S. Navy's new class of ballistic missile subs will be around $100 billion, the US Navy secretary said this week. The U.S. Navy officially approved the start of ...

The U.S. Navy's Columbia-class submarines, designed to replace the aging Ohio-class fleet as a cornerstone of the nuclear ...

A Norwegian fishing boat has caught its largest ever haul – a US navy nuclear-powered submarine weighing in at 7,800 tons.

The U.S. nuclear triad must be modernized to keep pace with changing threats in the future, the nation’s senior officer in ...