Posted on 11/06/2023 10:56:07 AM PST by Roman_War_Criminal
In a move that has ratcheted up tensions in an already precarious region, the United States Central Command (CENTCOM) confirmed the arrival of one of its Ohio-class submarines in its area of responsibility (AOR).
The Biden regime has yet to release an official statement.
“On November 5, 2023, an Ohio-class submarine arrived in the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility,” U.S. Central Command wrote on X/Twitter.
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The Ohio-class submarines are the largest submarines ever built by the U.S. Navy. They are 560 feet long and 42 feet wide, and displace 18,750 tons when submerged.
The Ohio-class submarine has nuclear weapons. The 14 Ohio-class ballistic-missile submarines (SSBNs) carry about half of the United States’ active strategic thermonuclear warheads that are capable of erasing a country from the map.
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“Fk around and find out”
Paint it sort of pink ala Operation Petticoat.
Good movie.
So-so series.
but there is a USS OHIO...one of the “big boys”..its packed with 24 Tridents..10 warheads a piece. 240 thermo-nuclear warheads...yeah baby!
Fox said four of this class were converted to non-nuclear guided missile subs.
There are four SSGNs. They are equipped to remain forward deployed almost indefinitely, as they still have two full crews each....they can fly the relieving crew anywhere in the world, so the boats theoretically never have to return to their home ports.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ohio-class_submarine#:~:text=The%20US%20Navy%20has%20a%20total%20of%2018,to%2020%20Trident%20II%20submarine-launched%20ballistic%20missiles%20%28SLBM%29.
The first four Ohio-class nuclear submarines ceased being able to fire ballistic missiles years ago when they were converted to SSGN. They have tomahawk cruise missiles and various platforms for moving personnel to conflict areas. The tomahawks are probably non-nuclear. As a side note, this sub, USS Florida was one of those I was involved in building 40 years ago.
I am not a submariner but one or two location sightings have been publicized (by the U.S. Navy) each year for a number of years.
For an attempt at realtime geographic tracking go here:
https://www.militaryshiptracker.com/ship-type/submarines
It is a SSGN, not a SSBN (though it was converted from a SSBN).
Why?
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