[BITList] SUBMARINES..PROBABLY MORE THAN U WANT TO KNOW-!!
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franka at iinet.net.au
Wed Oct 4 12:14:15 BST 2017
> *Somebody should send this to fat boy alias rocket man in NK*
>
> Just in case you were wondering how prepared we are to exact
> massive revenge on any who are foolish enough to strike us . .
> . .
>
> *457**Liked!****42**Disliked****133*
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> *1*
>
> hio class submarines facts 600
> 54 Facts about the most feared
> weapon on Earth, the BOOMERs
> (23 Photos)
>
> The U.S. Navy has 18 of the
> most deadly and feared weapons
> ever created.
>
> *2*
>
> hio class submarines facts 600
> 19 Facts about the most feared
> weapon on Earth, the BOOMERs
> (23 Photos)
>
> Let’s look at some facts about
> America’s last line of
> Defense…the “Boomers”.
>
> *3*
>
> hio class submarines facts 600
> 43 Facts about the most feared
> weapon on Earth, the BOOMERs
> (23 Photos)
>
> Meet the Ohio-class submarine.
> In naval terms, it makes up
> the Fleet Ballistic Missile
> submarines (FBMs).
>
> *4*
>
> hio class submarines facts 600
> 16 Facts about the most feared
> weapon on Earth, the BOOMERs
> (23 Photos)
>
> Aside from USS Henry M.
> Jackson (SSBN-730),
> all of the Ohio-class subs are
> named after a state.
>
> *5*
>
> hio class submarines facts 600
> 74 Facts about the most feared
> weapon on Earth, the BOOMERs
> (23 Photos)
>
> These 18 weapons are also
> known as “Trident” subs
> because they’re a part of
> America’s “Nuclear Triad”.
>
> *6*
>
> hio class submarines facts 600
> 42 Facts about the most feared
> weapon on Earth, the BOOMERs
> (23 Photos)
>
> The Nuclear Triad is our
> Military’s 3-prong nuclear
> weapons delivery arsenal which
> covers Land, Air and Sea.
>
> *7*
>
> hio class submarines facts 600
> 85 Facts about the most feared
> weapon on Earth, the BOOMERs
> (23 Photos)
>
> Air: Strategic Bombers (the
> B-52 Stratofortress, B-1
> Lancer and B-2 Spirit-pictured
> above)
>
> *8*
>
> hio class submarines facts 600
> 26 Facts about the most feared
> weapon on Earth, the BOOMERs
> (23 Photos)
>
> Land: Intercontinental
> Ballistic Missiles (ICBMs such
> as the Minuteman III-pictured
> above)
>
> *9*
>
> hio class submarines facts 600
> 86 Facts about the most feared
> weapon on Earth, the BOOMERs
> (23 Photos)
>
> Why do we have a 3-branches of
> nuclear capabilities?
>
> *10*
>
> hio class submarines facts 600
> 51 Facts about the most feared
> weapon on Earth, the BOOMERs
> (23 Photos)
>
> It reduces the chances that
> another country’s first-strike
> attack could destroy all of
> our nuclear delivery system.
>
> *11*
>
> 3 ohio class submarines facts
> 600 12 Facts about the most
> feared weapon on Earth, the
> BOOMERs (23 Photos)
>
> This means that, in a worst
> case scenario (nuclear war)…
>
> *12*
>
> 3 ohio class submarines facts
> 600 14 Facts about the most
> feared weapon on Earth, the
> BOOMERs (23 Photos)
>
> …America has the ability to
> launch a second attack.
>
> *13*
>
> hio class submarines facts 600
> 5 Facts about the most feared
> weapon on Earth, the BOOMERs
> (23 Photos)
>
> What weapon can lurk anywhere
> in 2/3rds of the Earth?
>
> *14*
>
> 5 ohio class submarines facts
> 600 0 Facts about the most
> feared weapon on Earth, the
> BOOMERs (23 Photos)
>
> You got it man, our Ohio-class
> subs.
>
> *15*
>
> hio class submarines facts 600
> 15 Facts about the most feared
> weapon on Earth, the BOOMERs
> (23 Photos)
>
> To be specific, the Earth’s
> surface is made up of 71
> percent ocean water (97% of
> total water on the planet).
>
> *16*
>
> 4 ohio class submarines facts
> 600 5 Facts about the most
> feared weapon on Earth, the
> BOOMERs (23 Photos)
>
> Aside from the ocean our subs
> can also enter fresh water
> such as our Great Lakes (which
> already has US Navy’s USS
> Kentucky SSBN-737 and other
> smaller Los Angeles-class
> Attack Submarines).
>
> *17*
>
> hio class submarines facts 600
> 8 Facts about the most feared
> weapon on Earth, the BOOMERs
> (23 Photos)
>
> With such a massive expanse,
> it is simple to understand why
> the Ohio-class is so feared.
>
> *18*
>
> hio class submarines facts 600
> 71 Facts about the most feared
> weapon on Earth, the BOOMERs
> (23 Photos)
>
> *19*
>
> hio class submarines facts 600
> 56 Facts about the most feared
> weapon on Earth, the BOOMERs
> (23 Photos)
>
> However, there are more
> logistics to this equation.
>
> *20*
>
> hio class submarines facts 600
> 39 Facts about the most feared
> weapon on Earth, the BOOMERs
> (23 Photos)
>
> Starting with its power source.
>
> *21*
>
> 4 ohio class submarines facts
> 600 4 Facts about the most
> feared weapon on Earth, the
> BOOMERs (23 Photos)
>
> They are powered by an
> internal S8G PWR nuclear
> reactor that turns the sub’s 2
> turbines which drive the rear
> propeller shaft.
>
> *22*
>
> hio class submarines facts 600
> 59 Facts about the most feared
> weapon on Earth, the BOOMERs
> (23 Photos)
>
> An Ohio-class has unlimited
> range with one exception…it is
> limited to the vessel’s supply
> of food for the crew.
>
> *23*
>
> hio class submarines facts 600
> 1 Facts about the most feared
> weapon on Earth, the BOOMERs
> (23 Photos)
>
> Other than food, she can
> produce her own oxygen and
> water supply for its crew.
>
> *24*
>
> 4 ohio class submarines facts
> 600 3 Facts about the most
> feared weapon on Earth, the
> BOOMERs (23 Photos)
>
> *25*
>
> 3 ohio class submarines facts
> 600 13 Facts about the most
> feared weapon on Earth, the
> BOOMERs (23 Photos)
>
> *26*
>
> hio class submarines facts 600
> 32 Facts about the most feared
> weapon on Earth, the BOOMERs
> (23 Photos)
>
> It actually moves faster under
> water than on the surface.
>
> *27*
>
> hio class submarines facts 600
> 38 Facts about the most feared
> weapon on Earth, the BOOMERs
> (23 Photos)
>
> Surfaced – max speed of 14 mph
>
> *28*
>
> hio class submarines facts 600
> 90 Facts about the most feared
> weapon on Earth, the BOOMERs
> (23 Photos)
>
> Submerged – 23 mph officially
> but unofficially, it’s been
> reported to move up to 29 mph
>
> *29*
>
> hio class submarines facts 600
> 77 Facts about the most feared
> weapon on Earth, the BOOMERs
> (23 Photos)
>
> It takes a crew of 15 Officers
> and 140 Enlisted men (some
> women) to operate the sub.
>
> *30*
>
> hio class submarines facts 600
> 50 Facts about the most feared
> weapon on Earth, the BOOMERs
> (23 Photos)
>
> Each Ohio-class sub has two
> crews called the “Blue” and
> “Gold”.
>
> *31*
>
> hio class submarines facts 600
> 46 Facts about the most feared
> weapon on Earth, the BOOMERs
> (23 Photos)
>
> Typically, one of these teams
> will patrol for around
> 3-months and then come back to
> port where the sub is
> resupplied and the other crew
> goes directly back out to Sea.
>
> *32*
>
> hio class submarines facts 600
> 13 Facts about the most feared
> weapon on Earth, the BOOMERs
> (23 Photos)
>
> This on going swap is VERY
> POWERFUL ELEMENT.
>
> *33*
>
> hio class submarines facts 600
> 33 Facts about the most feared
> weapon on Earth, the BOOMERs
> (23 Photos)
>
> What it means is, these subs
> (with the exception of
> re-supply time) are operating
> underwater year-round.
>
> *34*
>
> hio class submarines facts 600
> 69 Facts about the most feared
> weapon on Earth, the BOOMERs
> (23 Photos)
>
> *35*
>
> hio class submarines facts 600
> 52 Facts about the most feared
> weapon on Earth, the BOOMERs
> (23 Photos)
>
> Ohio-class along with our
> Navy’s smaller Attack subs are
> nearly impossible for our
> adversaries to locate.
>
> But they know one thing…
>
> *36*
>
> hio class submarines facts 600
> 37 Facts about the most feared
> weapon on Earth, the BOOMERs
> (23 Photos)
>
> 18 Ohio-class subs are lurking
> somewhere around the world.
>
> *37*
>
> hio class submarines facts 600
> 67 Facts about the most feared
> weapon on Earth, the BOOMERs
> (23 Photos)
>
> *38*
>
> hio class submarines facts 600
> 64 Facts about the most feared
> weapon on Earth, the BOOMERs
> (23 Photos)
>
> *39*
>
> 4 ohio class submarines facts
> 600 2 Facts about the most
> feared weapon on Earth, the
> BOOMERs (23 Photos)
>
> *40*
>
> hio class submarines facts 600
> 30 Facts about the most feared
> weapon on Earth, the BOOMERs
> (23 Photos)
>
> Now for the firepower.
>
> *41*
>
> 3 ohio class submarines facts
> 600 2 Facts about the most
> feared weapon on Earth, the
> BOOMERs (23 Photos)
>
> For defensive/offensive attack
> abilities against other subs,
> all 18 have four 533mm Mark 48
> torpedo tubes.
>
> *42*
>
> hio class submarines facts 600
> 70 Facts about the most feared
> weapon on Earth, the BOOMERs
> (23 Photos)
>
> Mark 48 torpedos have an
> effective range (officially)
> “greater than 5 miles”.
>
> *43*
>
> 3 ohio class submarines facts
> 600 3 Facts about the most
> feared weapon on Earth, the
> BOOMERs (23 Photos)
>
> Depending on depth of launch,
> they travel at speeds up to 63
> mph and detonate using a
> proximity fuze (when the
> torpedo senses the opponent’s
> sub/ship).
>
> *44*
>
> hio class submarines facts 600
> 79 Facts about the most feared
> weapon on Earth, the BOOMERs
> (23 Photos)
>
> 14 of these subs are ballistic
> missile submarines (SSBN).
>
> *45*
>
> hio class submarines facts 600
> 58 Facts about the most feared
> weapon on Earth, the BOOMERs
> (23 Photos)
>
> And 4 have been converted to
> guided missile submarines (SSGN).
>
> *46*
>
> hio class submarines facts 600
> 81 Facts about the most feared
> weapon on Earth, the BOOMERs
> (23 Photos)
>
> Ok, acronyms. What can they
> launch?
>
> For reference, a kiloton (kt)
> = 220,462,262 lbs.
> As in,
> a single kt is over 220.4
> million pounds.
>
> *47*
>
> hio class submarines facts 600
> 45 Facts about the most feared
> weapon on Earth, the BOOMERs
> (23 Photos)
>
> The 8 oldest of 14 SSBN carry
> the following nuclear armament:
> 24 Trident I/C4 missiles that
> cover a range of 4,600 miles.
>
> *48*
>
> 3 ohio class submarines facts
> 600 9 Facts about the most
> feared weapon on Earth, the
> BOOMERs (23 Photos)
>
> Each missile has Multiple
> Independently targetable
> Reentry Vehicle (MIRV).
>
> *49*
>
> hio class submarines facts 600
> 82 Facts about the most feared
> weapon on Earth, the BOOMERs
> (23 Photos)
>
> MIRVs are capable of being
> aimed to hit multiple
> different targets with nuclear
> warheads.
>
> *50*
>
> 3 ohio class submarines facts
> 600 10 Facts about the most
> feared weapon on Earth, the
> BOOMERs (23 Photos)
>
> A single missile carries 8
> thermonuclear warheads that
> can break-off to hit up to 8
> targets with 100 kilotons of
> TNT. (total of 800 kt of TNT)
>
> *51*
>
> hio class submarines facts 600
> 23 Facts about the most feared
> weapon on Earth, the BOOMERs
> (23 Photos)
>
> Just for perspective,
> the largest of the 2 nukes
> dropped during WW2 “Fat Man”
> had a total of 21 kt of TNT.
>
> *52*
>
> hio class submarines facts 600
> 83 Facts about the most feared
> weapon on Earth, the BOOMERs
> (23 Photos)
>
> The 10 newer SSBNs armament:
> 24 Trident II/C5 missiles that
> cover a range of 7,000 miles.
> Each Trident II SLBM missile
> can carry 12 MIRV
> thermonuclear warheads…these
> ones can hit twelve targets
> with up to 475 kt of TNT.
> (total of 5,700 kt of TNT)
>
> *53*
>
> hio class submarines facts 600
> 87 Facts about the most feared
> weapon on Earth, the BOOMERs
> (23 Photos)
>
> Single missile from these ten
> Ohio-class subs:
> -Equal to 1,256,634,893,400
> pounds of TNT
> as in
> -One Trillion Two Hundred
> Fifty-Six Million Plus lbs. of
> BOOM
>
> *54*
>
> hio class submarines facts 600
> 78 Facts about the most feared
> weapon on Earth, the BOOMERs
> (23 Photos)
>
> Up-graded 4 SSGN -Guided
> Missile subs armament:
> 22 tubes with 7 Tomahawk
> Cruise Missiles (total 154)
>
> *55*
>
> 3 ohio class submarines facts
> 600 6 Facts about the most
> feared weapon on Earth, the
> BOOMERs (23 Photos)
>
> Tomahawks are versatile.
>
> *56*
>
> 3 ohio class submarines facts
> 600 7 Facts about the most
> feared weapon on Earth, the
> BOOMERs (23 Photos)
>
> They can be equipped with
> thermonuclear warheads…
>
> *57*
>
> hio class submarines facts 600
> 27 Facts about the most feared
> weapon on Earth, the BOOMERs
> (23 Photos)
>
> …Or conventional high
> explosives for specific
> entrenched targets
>
> *58*
>
> hio class submarines facts 600
> 28 Facts about the most feared
> weapon on Earth, the BOOMERs
> (23 Photos)
>
> …Or BLU-97/B Combined Effects
> Bomb.
>
> *59*
>
> 5 ohio class submarines facts
> 600 1 Facts about the most
> feared weapon on Earth, the
> BOOMERs (23 Photos)
>
> Tomahawks with BLU-97/B CE
> bombs have multiple cluster
> bombs that spin off around 2.6
> seconds above ground. The
> cluster bombs can take out
> wide areas of less fortified
> targets.
>
> *60*
>
> hio class submarines facts 600
> 31 Facts about the most feared
> weapon on Earth, the BOOMERs
> (23 Photos)
>
> In addition, the SSGNs can be
> used to deliver many other
> specialized weapons such as
> Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
> (UAVs)…and one real cool group
> of weapons.
>
> *61*
>
> hio class submarines facts 600
> 29 Facts about the most feared
> weapon on Earth, the BOOMERs
> (23 Photos)
>
> They can convert 2 of the 22
> tubes into swimmer lockout
> chambers which provide a dry
> dock shelter for Navy SEALS or
> Marine special operation scout
> teams.
>
> *62*
>
> hio class submarines facts 600
> 75 Facts about the most feared
> weapon on Earth, the BOOMERs
> (23 Photos)
>
> In the dry dock tubes, SEALs
> can prepare to get on their
> SDV mini-subs.
>
> *63*
>
> hio class submarines facts 600
> 57 Facts about the most feared
> weapon on Earth, the BOOMERs
> (23 Photos)
>
> *64*
>
> hio class submarines facts 600
> 10 Facts about the most feared
> weapon on Earth, the BOOMERs
> (23 Photos)
>
> Naval slang: “12 mile limit”.
> Referring to the international
> 12 mile boundary, but sailors
> use it to mark the time when
> “anything goes” when outside
> the 12 mile limit.
>
> *65*
>
> 1 ohio class submarines facts
> 600 3 Facts about the most
> feared weapon on Earth, the
> BOOMERs (23 Photos)
>
> Ohio-class is our largest
> submarine.
>
> *66*
>
> hio class submarines facts 600
> 21 Facts about the most feared
> weapon on Earth, the BOOMERs
> (23 Photos)
>
> *67*
>
> hio class submarines facts 600
> 12 Facts about the most feared
> weapon on Earth, the BOOMERs
> (23 Photos)
>
> *68*
>
> hio class submarines facts 600
> 2 Facts about the most feared
> weapon on Earth, the BOOMERs
> (23 Photos)
>
> There you have it, the most
> feared weapon on Earth.
>
> *69*
>
> hio class submarines facts 600
> 7 Facts about the most feared
> weapon on Earth, the BOOMERs
> (23 Photos)
>
> It’s always ready, almost
> impossible to find, can
> deliver SEALs or hit specific
> targets.
>
> *70*
>
> hio class submarines facts 600
> 11 Facts about the most feared
> weapon on Earth, the BOOMERs
> (23 Photos)
>
> And then there’s the worst
> case scenario factor, nuclear war.
>
> *71*
>
> hio class submarines facts 600
> 40 Facts about the most feared
> weapon on Earth, the BOOMERs
> (23 Photos)
>
> Thing is…
>
> *72*
>
> 3 ohio class submarines facts
> 600 1 Facts about the most
> feared weapon on Earth, the
> BOOMERs (23 Photos)
>
> When the bad-guys know the
> second-strike capabilities of
> the Ohio-class submarine.
>
> *73*
>
> 3 ohio class submarines facts
> 600 8 Facts about the most
> feared weapon on Earth, the
> BOOMERs (23 Photos)
>
> Simply put, they ain’t ever
> going to f*ck with the United
> States of America.
>
> *74*
>
> hio class submarines facts 600
> 62 Facts about the most feared
> weapon on Earth, the BOOMERs
> (23 Photos)
>
> *75*
>
> hio class submarines facts 600
> 34 Facts about the most feared
> weapon on Earth, the BOOMERs
> (23 Photos)
>
> *76*
>
> 1 ohio class submarines facts
> 600 0 Facts about the most
> feared weapon on Earth, the
> BOOMERs (23 Photos)
>
> *77*
>
> hio class submarines facts 600
> 24 Facts about the most feared
> weapon on Earth, the BOOMERs
> (23 Photos)
>
> Thank you to the few that stay
> under water to provide us with
> the last line of defense.
> -Rick
>
> *78*
>
> hio class submarines facts 600
> 35 Facts about the most feared
> weapon on Earth, the BOOMERs
> (23 Photos)
>
> Ohio-class submarines may be
> the most feared weapon but
> they’re just metal with out
> these guys operating them.
>
> *79*
>
> 1 ohio class submarines facts
> 600 2 Facts about the most
> feared weapon on Earth, the
> BOOMERs (23 Photos)
>
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