You can see more of Martha’s rare access inside the sub and exclusive reporting on America’s nuclear defense this Sunday on a special edition of “This Week.”ĭeveloped at the height of the Cold War with the Soviet Union, the submarines have continued with their classified missions, serving as a key part of America’s nuclear triad that includes strategic bombers and intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs) housed in the western plains states. policy, Houston could neither confirm nor deny whether there were missiles with nuclear warheads aboard the submarine. Navy’s Submarine Forces, told ABC News.īut in keeping with U.S. “I’d say it’s the most powerful force in the world right now,” Vice Adm. Measuring two football fields in length and weighing 18,000 tons, the massive submarine carries 20 Trident 2 D5 missiles capable of striking targets up to 4,000 miles away.Įach missile is capable of holding up to 12 nuclear warheads - one reason why these submarines are able to carry about 70% of the nation’s active nuclear arsenal allowed by the New START Treaty. Navy submarines capable of launching nuclear-tipped ballistic missiles. Off the coast of Hawaii, ABC News visited the USS Maine, one of 14 Ohio Class U.S. (NEW YORK) - America’s main nuclear deterrent glides undetected under the oceans as it carries a cargo of ballistic missiles that will hopefully never be used.
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