The Ohio Class Submarines: A Symbol of US Nuclear Supremacy

Being one of the stealthiest submarines in the world, the Ohio Class submarines represent America's ace-in-the-hole.

The Ohio-Class submarines were the result of an early 1970s requirement for a larger missile submarine capable of carrying the next generation and beyond of submarine-launched ballistic missiles.

Each displacing 18,750 tons submerged, the Ohio-class boats are the largest submarines ever built for the U.S. Navy.

The Ohio-class submarines were constructed from sections of hull, with each four-deck section being 42 ft in diameter.

Ohio class was designed to be 560 feet long with a beam of 42 feet enabling enough space for them to accommodate two rows of 12 Trident missiles each.

Trident II, which is the latest iteration of these missiles, is capable of carrying up to 12 multiple independent re-entry vehicles (MIRVs), each with a yield of 100k.

These missiles have a range up to 6,500 nautical miles.

Four submarines of this class were refitted with Tomahawk TLAM (land attack) or Tactical Tomahawk (block IV) missiles.

These submarines also became capable of conducting special operations missions with accommodation for Northrop Grumman advanced SEAL delivery systems (ASDS).

The Ohio class is to be replaced by the Columbia class beginning in early 2030s.

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[Interestingengineeringofficial]

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[mligmann]

I have built and tested and supported the Ohio class submarine saga. Nothing is comparable to what’s coming next the Columbia class which will contain many of the features of all of the past boats, my favorite, Jimmy Carter and the sea wolf class

[lashlarue]

Fun fact: it's called the "Ohio Class" because its missiles instantaneously turn any enemy city into either Dayton, Toledo, or Cleveland.

[johnnydelacerda]

An Ohio class SSBN is lurking off the coast of North Korea. Kim is aware that a bad move on his behalf would erase his dynasty.

[JouyacrossAmerica]

Worlds most sophisticated engineering marvel

[TeacherPolisXtraRice]

170m long? Wow. As a former Track and Field athlete, that is very long.

[williebowen]

My favorite Submarine class in the U.S. Navy the SSBN Ohio class

[MrYabber]

“As a Trident II reenters the atmosphere at speeds of up to Mach 24, it splits into up to eight independent reentry vehicles, each with a 100- or 475-kiloton nuclear warhead. In short, a full salvo from an Ohio-class submarine—which can be launched in less than one minute—could unleash up to 192 nuclear warheads to wipe twenty-four cities off the map. This is a nightmarish weapon of the apocalypse.” - Sébastien Roblin said in a story with The National Interest magazine.

I would just like to add that the bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki had an explosive power yield of 14 and 21 kilotons of TNT, respectively.

Insane device of world-ending proportions... Let’s hope with all we got that it’s just for deterrence, and America doesn’t ever have to use them in self-defense.

[intfamous]

ofcourse they are ''Ohio'' class lol

[bbis]

my favorite submarines the "Ohio" class aka "The massive destroyer of the world"

[on_setv]

Americans is the most strongest country in the world, when it terms in military capabilities,

[vlada]

Thank you for all your hard work for the military industrial complex.

Oceania has always been at war with Eastasia.

[JPDable]

This weapon could end the world!! Crazy to comprehend!

[petermarshall]

If you've ever seen one their huge for a sub.

[vincemuyaba]

It's capable of erasing countries of the map, all by itself. Thats some scary ish.

[eiosdnxa]

im here because ohio class submarine arrived in middle east 😬😬

[odnpntYT]

"Captain! The North Koreans have spotted the Ohio!"

[kamakaziozzie]

At 3:10 when the narrator says the torpedo can fire at speeds of “40K” does anyone know what that means?
I do love the fact that this video seems to be sponsored by Raytheon👍

[Independent.Kurdistan]

Russians hate America but we the Kurds love America.America is way too Stronger than Russia. Russia can't even defeat ukraine🤣🤣🤣

[jeffcordes]

God forbid they ever had to be used in a war.