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Virginia-Class Block III Submarine USS John Warner (SSN 785) Commissioned.
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John Warner
is the second of eight Block III Virginia-class submarines to be built.
The Block III submarines are built with new Virginia Payload Tubes designed
to lower costs and increase missile-firing payload possibilities. The
first 10 Block I and Block II Virginia-class submarines have 12 individual
21-inch diameter vertical launch tubes able to fire Tomahawk Land Attack
Missiles (TLAMS). The Block III submarines are built with two-larger 87-inch
diameter tubes able to house six TLAMS each. As the most modern and sophisticated attack submarine in the world, the submarine can operate in both littoral and deep ocean environments and presents combatant commanders with a broad and unique range of operational capabilities. John Warner is a flexible, multi-mission platform designed to carry out the seven core competencies of the submarine force: anti-submarine warfare; anti-surface warfare; delivery of special operations forces; strike warfare; irregular warfare; intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance; and mine warfare. The submarine is 377 feet long, has a 34-foot beam, and will be able to dive to depths greater than 800 feet and operate at speeds in excess of 25 knots submerged. It will operate for 33 years without ever refueling. |
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