Friday, December 30, 2005
BALLISTIC MISSILE-CARRYING , NUCLEAR-POWERED SUBMARINE (SSBN)
The Cold War may be over, but the United States is still keeping its powder dry, spending billions of dollars annually to maintain and upgrade its nuclear forces. As of January 2006, the U.S. stockpile contains almost 10,000 nuclear warheads. And the Bush administration's preemption policy--which allows for the quick use of nuclear weapons to destroy "time-urgent targets" anywhere in the world--is now operational on long-range bombers, strategic submarines, and presumably intercontinental ballistic missiles..(link)
Typhoon Class submarine
U.S. nuclear forces, 2006
Strategic Submarine Proliferation
Project 955 Borey (SSBN)
Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)
Modernization of Strategic Nuclear Weapons In Russia
The Russian Military
Type 941 "Typhoon" Class Specifications
Newest ballistic missile
941 Typhoon images
Ballistic missile submarine diagram 1
Ballistic missile submarine diagram 2
IMAGES (from top):
-Typhoon showing missile hatches
-Ohio SSGN
-Trident II D-5 SLBM (UGM-133A) (British)
-Ohio (SSBN)
¶ 16:35
The Cold War may be over, but the United States is still keeping its powder dry, spending billions of dollars annually to maintain and upgrade its nuclear forces. As of January 2006, the U.S. stockpile contains almost 10,000 nuclear warheads. And the Bush administration's preemption policy--which allows for the quick use of nuclear weapons to destroy "time-urgent targets" anywhere in the world--is now operational on long-range bombers, strategic submarines, and presumably intercontinental ballistic missiles..
links
IMAGES (from top):
-Typhoon showing missile hatches
-Ohio SSGN
-Trident II D-5 SLBM (UGM-133A) (British)
-Ohio (SSBN)
¶ 16:35
