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Originally Posted by sonar732
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Originally Posted by Kapitan
One reason the USN transformed the 4 ohio class SSBN's is because the cost of maintaining thiem in thier SSBN role, they could have easily kept on and re modeld a few newer 688i's but what they have now in the new SSGN is a very good platform, that costs less.
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Actually, the main reason was because of the SALT treaty limited the number of Ohio class boats by four, and then the Clinton administration decided to limit it by four more boats and wanted to give them a new mission instead of scrapping them completely. |
This is true ...
The new SSGN's will be a weapon of choice someday. Controlled from deep in the mountains of Colorado by the way. I wonder who gives the final command to launch when the missiles aren't armed with nukes?
The president?