Ohio-Class SSBN on Deck
(Soft Cover)
Product Code: SS5603

Overview

By Jim Goodall.
Since its inception in 1960, strategic deterrence has been the
sole mission of the fleet ballistic missile submarine (SSBN),
which provides the nation's most survivable and enduring nuclear
strike capability. The eighteen submarines of the Ohio class
replaced aging fleet ballistic missile submarines built in the
1960s and are far more capable. Carrying twenty-four Trident
missiles each, the Ohios carry fifty percent of all US strategic
nuclear warheads and provide the sea-based 'leg' of the US
strategic deterrent triad. An unprecedented bow-to-stern look at
this critical US weapon system with more than 200 color and b/w
photos, line drawings and 8 color profiles; 80 pages.