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Indeed, because they will require far less time in dry dock, the boats will be available for extra deployments an SSN normally deploys 14 times during its year lifespan —which will help the Navy with its mission to maintain a global submarine presence. However, the biggest improvement to the Virginia -class will come with the Block V vessels—the first of which will start construction in as the second submarine SSN built that year.
The Block V submarines will add a Virginia Payload Module VPM 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.
The challenge will be to convince Congress to add funding to increase the build rate to counter a resurgent Russian and growing Chinese submarine force. Dave Majumdar is the defense editor of The National Interest. You can follow him on Twitter DaveMajumdar. Read full article. Search News Search web.
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