[Jeff Head]

Those SSGNs are going to be powerful platforms. The Ohio is about to put to sea and I believe the Florida is right on her heels...and will even be fully commissioned as such prior to the Ohio.

[Pyro7480]

Tom Clancy, in his first non-fiction book Submarine, invisioned a scenario of a submarine-launched Tomahawk missile attack on Iranian military targets. These missiles were launched by two VLS-equipped (Vertical Launch System) Los Angeles class attack subs. In their VLS tubes, these subs can only carry 12 missiles (I belive each sub also launched Tomahawks from their torpedo tubes). Now imagine one platform capable of launching nearly 13 times the VLS capability of each sub!

[kas2591]

My son is stationed on the USS Georgia; it started it's SSGN conversion in January 2005 in Norfolk. Looks like a good capability to have.

As a Marine, I've always been partial to the New Jersey or Iowa (nothing beats 16inch when you need Naval Gunfire Support).

IMHO, it was a mistake to get rid of them.