Ohio-Class Submarines

by Gabrielle Tarini   Background The Ohio-Class Replacement program, also known as the SSBN(X), is a program to design and build a new class of 12 ballistic missile submarines to replace the U.S. Navy’s current force of 14 Ohio-class ballistic missile submarines. Ballistic missile submarines (SSBNs) form “the most survivable leg” of the U.S. nuclear […]