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October 2, 2016

The Simple Reason Why America’s ‘Virginia’-Class Submarines Are So Good

The biggest improvement to the Virginia class will come with the Block V vessels — the first of which will start construction in 2019 as the second submarine built that year.

The Block V submarines will add a Virginia Payload Module that will add four additional payload tubes amidship, each of which can accommodate seven Tomahawk cruise missiles for a total of 28 weapons. Overall, the Block V Virginia class will be capable of launching 40 Tomahawk cruise missiles from its payload tubes. -- War Is Boring

Posted by gerardvanderleun at October 2, 2016 11:16 AM. This is an entry on the sideblog of American Digest: Check it out.

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