Unmanned Undersea Vehicles and Guided Missile Submarines: Technological and Operational Synergies (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781249829188)

During the Cold War the United States developed the Trident class ballistic missile submarine (SSBN) to replace the aging fleet of forty-one Poseidon ballistic missile submarines. Each of the eighteen Trident class submarines built to carry the mantle of strategic nuclear deterrence was extremely large and quiet with tubes for twenty-four ballistic missiles. Following the breakup of the Soviet Union and the end of the Cold War, the United States conducted a review of its nuclear posture, which determined that only fourteen of these submarines were necessary to meet the needs of U.S. national security.

Author: Edward A. Johnson
ISBN-10: 1249829186
ISBN-13: 9781249829188
Publisher: Biblioscholar
Language: English
Published: 10/17/2012
Pages: 40
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.20lbs
Size: 9.69h x 7.44w x 0.08d