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United States submarine class
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nuclear submarine design
- In submarine: Strategic submarines
…the United States fitted its Lafayette-class submarines with 16 Poseidon SLBMs, which could launch its warheads a distance of 2,500 nautical miles (4,600 km). To carry as many as 24 Trident missiles, improved versions of which could travel about 6,500 nautical miles (12,000 km), the U.S. Navy commissioned 18 Ohio-class…
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