That Is One Big Jumbo Missile Tube On A U.S. Submarine

FoxTrot Alpha: USS John Warner Shows Off Jumbo Missile Tube During Comissioning

The Virginia Class fast attack submarine, the USS John Warner, was just commissioned into service. She is the second Block III Virginia Class boat to be produced, and has a pair of new huge Virginia Payload Tubes on her bow. These replace twelve individual vertical launch tubes used to fire Tomahawk missiles in previous Virginia Class boats.

As you can see in the photo above this is a new capability that the Navy is proud to showcase.

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