A team of scientists and explorers discovered the bow of the USS New Orleans off the coast of the Solomon Islands more than ...

In order to supersede its adversary, the Ohio submarines were designed to feature Trident ballistic missiles. The initial eight Ohio -class vessels were armed with two dozen Trident I C4 submarine ...

The Navy’s ballistic-missile submarines, often referred to as “boomers,” serve as a strategic deterrent by providing an undetectable platform for submarine-launched ballistic missiles. SSBNs are ...

Each U.S. Navy Ohio-class ballistic missile submarine can carry up to 20 nuclear-armed ballistic missiles.

An unarmed Trident II D5 missile launches from the Ohio-class ballistic missile submarine USS Nebraska off the coast of California in 2021. (1st Class Ronald Gutridge/Navy) The U.S. Navy’s ...

The submarine, USS Kentucky, is capable of carrying up to 20 ballistic missiles armed with nuclear warheads.

Can submarines launch missiles while submerged? Discover the intricacies of their weapons systems and how these stealthy vessels execute dry missile launches.

The nuclear-powered guided-missile submarine USS Ohio carries over 150 missiles and is back in action after three years of maintenance.

These nuclear submarines are armed with ballistic missiles. 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 ...

The U.S. Navy plans a fleet of 12 such subs to be operational in the coming years, with only one of them, the USS Columbia (SSBN-826) currently under construction at the General Dynamics Electric ...

The Columbia-class submarines provide the U.S. Navy with underwater stealth launch platforms for ballistic missiles containing nuclear warheads and are expected to enter service by 2031.