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Thursday, December 18, 2014

The giant tubes that launch missiles in strategic nuclear submarines

SSBN launch tubesImpressive photo of the giant tubes that house four of the 24 Trident II D5 Submarine Launched Ballistic Missiles (SLBM) carried by Ohio-class nuclear submarines.

14 of these submarines travel for months underwater, carrying fifty percent of all the active thermonuclear warheads in the US arsenal.

The Ohio-class submarines will be replaced by a next-generation strategic nuclear submarine around 2031.

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