U.S. Navy Eyes SSBN Improvements
By Michael Fabey
The U.S. Navy sees its SSBN(X) ballistic missile submarine replacement fleet basically as an improved model of the current SSBN boats leveraging Virginia-class sub advancements and refined construction methods.
“The initial plan is for 16 tubes, a new-design reactor plant, [and] similar antennas and design to the Trident- and Virginia-class submarine,” Rear Adm. Joe Mulloy, deputy ...
