![Once all of the Ohio-class submarines have had their launch tubes capped at 20 each the United States will be able to deploy no more than 240 submarine-launched ballistic missiles at any time Ohio class SSBN](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilhfqGYcjZ6ap5wT1xyKCCpedBqCd8MRk2C3fb2vvJq_k854nbKpJOwwGUiQ2iD4MDzTnZ3FoITIeTn1xs3gFzTdH5zcIh_CLAYjY1IBx1RWCcUuEekBFosNXwMlTAa8DssbKa_Q/s200/Ohio_class.jpg)
The elimination of four operational launch tubes on each of the 14 submarines that make up the Navy's Ohio submarine fleet will be the first substantial reduction in U.S. strategic weapon delivery capability since the 2011 New START accord went into effect, according to Hans Kristensen, who co-authored an assessment on the current status of U.S. nuclear forces.
The report was published in the January/February edition of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists.
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