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Ohio-class SSGN launching Tomahawk Land Attack Missiles from VLS
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U.S. Navy Comments on Future VLS Cell Count

Naval News asked U.S. Navy’s VADM James Pitts whether the U.S. Navy will have enough vertical launch system cells in the future with the retirement of the cruisers and the guided missile submarines.

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Ohio-class SSBN USS Maine Tests 2nd Trident II D5LE Missile

The U.S. Navy conducted a scheduled one-missile test flight of an unarmed life-extended Trident II (D5LE) missile from USS Maine (SSBN-741), an Ohio-class ballistic missile submarine, on the Western Test Range off the coast of San Diego, California, on February 16, 2020.

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US completes W76-2 low-yield nuclear warhead First Production Unit
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W76-2 low-yield warhead deployed on US Navy SSBN submarines

The U.S. Department of Defense on Feb. 4 confirmed in a statement that U.S. Navy had fielded W76-2 low-yield submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM) warhead, adding that this capability would strengthen deterrence and support U.S. commitment to extended deterrence.

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