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 ...

A total of 18 of a planned 24 Ohio-class nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarines (SSBNs) were built for the United States Navy between 1976 and 1997 – and the lead boat, USS Ohio entered ...

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 ...

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

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

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 ...

The Kentucky, an Ohio-class submarine commissioned in 1991, carries 20 Trident II D5 missiles, each of which can deliver up to eight nuclear warheads to targets as far as 12,000km (7,500 miles ...