WORLD WAR III WATCH: One of US Navy’s Largest Submarines Armed with Nuclear Missiles Arrives in the Middle East

Gateway Pundit ^ | 11/5/23 | Jim Hoft

[Levy78]

“Fk around and find out”

[wally_bert]

Paint it sort of pink ala Operation Petticoat.

Good movie.

So-so series.

[basalt]

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!

[CedarDave]

Fox said four of this class were converted to non-nuclear guided missile subs.

[rottndog]

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.

[RetiredArmy]

The Ohio, Michigan, Florida, Georgia, Alabama, Alaska, Nevada, Pennslyvannia, West Virginia, Tennessee, Kentucky, Maryland, Nebraska, Wyoming, Rhoade Island, Maine, and Louisiana are our boomer subs in service. The Ohio is the oldest of the subs, over 40 years old. The LA is the youngest at 26 years old. The fleet is getting old. But they are upgraded all the time. Here is the site on Wikipedia if you are interested:

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.

[Smber]

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.

[steve86]

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.

[steve86]

For an attempt at realtime geographic tracking go here:

https://www.militaryshiptracker.com/ship-type/submarines

[ought-six]

It is a SSGN, not a SSBN (though it was converted from a SSBN).

[Jim Noble]

We’ve got outposts in Iraq and Syria

Why?