Navy’s stealthy Columbia subs set to launch first patrol in 2031
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Designed to be 560-feet– long and house 16 Trident II D5 missiles fired from 44-foot-long missile tubes, Columbia-class submarines will use a quieting X-shaped stern configuration.’
The “X”-shaped stern will restore maneuverability to submarines; as submarine designs progressed from using a propeller to using a propulsor to improve quieting, submarines lost some surface maneuverability, Navy officials explained.
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This and there are some other significant design changes from years of US nuke subs. Interesting.
https://www.foxnews.com/tech/navys-s...issile-variant
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Last edited by Onkel Neal; 01-26-19 at 08:03 AM.
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