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Thursday, July 02, 2009

USS North Dakota in beginning stage

The construction of the USS North Dakota, a Virginia-class submarine, is under way.

The Navy released the first image of the work the newest generation payload tubes for this class of submarine to deliver Tomahawk cruise missiles.

The new Virginia Payload Tubes replace the more costly individual Vertical Launch System payload tubes of the past.

Unlike the first 10 Virginia-class submarines that housed 12 Tomahawks in individual VLS tubes, North Dakota, a Virginia-class submarine, will use two of the new tubes to house and launch the same number of missiles.

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