Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
The U.S. Navy is caught between the physical limits of 1980s-era nuclear reactors and the 2026 requirement for overwhelming conventional fire. If the USS...
Hi, what are you looking for?
National Security Journal
All posts tagged "SSGN"
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Jack Buckby, a New York-based defense analyst and national security researcher, evaluates the mounting "firepower deficit" as the U.S. Navy attempts to replace the...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Summary and Key Points: Jack Buckby, a New York-based defense analyst and British researcher, evaluates the looming “magazine depth” crisis as the U.S. Navy...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – In 2010, the U.S. Navy surfaced three Ohio-class SSGN missile submarines across the Indo-Pacific to signal that American undersea...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Article Summary – This piece explains why the U.S. occasionally brings its most secretive assets—Ohio-class ballistic and cruise-missile submarines—deliberately into public view. -It revisits...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Article Summary – USS Florida, one of the Navy’s converted Ohio-class SSGNs, just wrapped up an extraordinary 727-day deployment that quietly circled the globe....
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – Russia’s Oscar-class nuclear-powered cruise-missile submarines—Project 949 Granit and 949A Antey—were built to kill U.S. carriers with salvos of P-700...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – America’s four Ohio-class SSGNs—each packing up to 154 Tomahawks and room for 66 SEALs—are the Navy’s lowest-risk, highest-leverage strike...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – USS Florida (SSGN-728) wrapped a staggering 727-day deployment (Aug 2022–Jul 2024), spanning 5th, 6th, and 7th Fleet waters and...