Wednesday, June 26, 2019

A New Era In Nuclear Weapons And Submarine Warfare Is Beginning

The Ohio-class ballistic-missile submarine USS Rhode Island Gold crew returns to homeport at Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay, Georgia. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Bryan Tomforde)

FOX News/Warrior Maven: 'First-cut-of-steel' begins new era in nuclear weapons, submarine warfare

Almost nobody knows where they are at any given time, yet nuclear-armed ballistic missile submarines quietly patrol dark domains of the undersea realm in strategically vital waters around the globe, bringing the prospect of unprecedented destruction upon potential enemies -- all as a way to keep the peace.

It would not be an exaggeration to call the first “cut of steel” for the lead ship in a class of new nuclear-armed Columbia-class ballistic missile submarines a historic occasion, as the boat is intended to usher in a new era in firepower-reliant strategic deterrence.

A “cut-of-steel” for advanced construction of the first boat took place at Newport News Shipbuilding June 17 -- three weeks early -- marking the formal beginning of a long and carefully labored process of building the most technically advanced ballistic missile submarine ever to exist.

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WNU Editor:  The Columbia submarine program's budget is at $128 billion .... Pentagon To Audit The Cost Of The U.S. Navy's Columbia Class Of Nuclear-Armed Submarines (April 17, 2019).

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

We humans have to stop these old ways. Spending so much money on weapon systems. .it's a sad reflection of where we are in our development

Anonymous said...

A Mongol wrote a book around 1990 about steppe raids on China. He was unabashedly proud of them. The reasoning "Because we could".

That is because of superior mobility firepower and concentration, they could raid non-pastoral people and take their stuff.

When you have mindsets like that you need a military to fight back and wars will happen.