The nuclear triad consists of ... four were converted to SSGNs—the Ohio-class subs about to be retired. The SSGN is capable of carrying 154 Tomahawk land attack missiles. However, the SSGN ...

Ohio environmental advocates are questioning the intent of a state law that adds nuclear power to the state’s legal ...

Ohio-class guided-missile submarines (SSGN ... requirements. The 1994 Nuclear Posture Review determined that the United States needed only 14 of its 18 SSBNs to meet the nation’s strategic ...

designed to replace the aging Ohio-class vessels and maintain America’s sea-based nuclear deterrent, face significant delays and rising costs. -The first ship, USS District of Columbia ...

Republican Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine on Dec. 19 signed into law state legislation that designates nuclear power as “green energy” ...

Total lifetime cost for the U.S. Navy's new class of ballistic missile subs will ... Given the rapid modernization of Chinese and Russian nuclear stockpiles, some argue the US might want to.

China's surface navy is growing at a rapid pace as busy shipyards turn out new warships, but the US maintains an edge ...

six-month deployments to maintain a survivable nuclear deterrent. The 14 Ohio-class SSBNs can carry up to 24 submarine-launched ballistic missiles (SLBMs) with multiple independently-targeted ...

Total lifetime cost for the U.S. Navy's new class of ballistic missile subs will be around $100 billion, the US Navy secretary said this week. The U.S. Navy officially approved the start of ...

The hulls are massive; they have to be, since they hold 16 nuclear missiles. New ship types are always tricky, but the clock is ticking. The old Ohio-class boomers conk out at 42 years ...

A power plant in Perry spilled radioactive chemicals outside, spilling more than 70 gallons into the ground and near water ...

Ohio-class subs are currently the only SSBNs in service with the US Navy, making them the entirety of the submarine component of the US's nuclear triad. The Virginia-class attack sub displaces ...