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The Navy's New Columbia-Class Missile Submarine Nightmare Is Here
Despite these challenges, the Columbia-class submarines, equipped with 16 missile tubes and advanced ... USS District of Columbia (SSBN-826) and USS Wisconsin (SSBN-827) are the only boats in ...
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Report to Congress on Columbia-class Submarine Program
The Navy’s Columbia (SSBN-826) class ballistic missile submarine (SSBN) program is a program to design and build a class of 12 new SSBNs to replace the Navy’s current force of 14 aging Ohio ...
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SSBN - Fleet Ballistic Missile Submarine
The 14 Ohio-class SSBNs can carry up to 24 submarine-launched ballistic missiles ... have four of its missile tubes permanently deactivated in the coming years. The SSBN’s strategic weapon ...
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Continuing Resolution Proposal Includes $1B in Anomalies for Columbia Sub, Shipbuilding Programs
Artist’s rendering of the Columbia-class SSBN submarine ... and incremental funding for the Columbia-class ballistic missile nuclear submarine program, according to a summary of the effort ...
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SSGN - Ohio Class Guided Missile Submarine
Ohio-class guided-missile submarines (SSGN ... The SSGN Program Office refueled and converted four ballistic missile submarines (SSBN) into SSGNs in a little more than five years at a ...
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US Navy, Electric Boat, lawmakers and workers…
The District of Columbia is the first ship in the new class of ballistic missile submarines being built for the U.S. Navy by Electric Boat. Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton, Washington ...