Navy Conducts Flight Test to Support Conventional Prompt Strike From Ohio-Class SSGNs
By: Megan Eckstein
November 3, 2017 1:09 PM • Updated: November 3, 2017 3:51 PM
This post has been updated to note that SSGN submarines, not SSBNs, would likely take on the conventional prompt global strike mission, if the Pentagon were to continue with this capability development.
The Navy Strategic Systems Program and the Department of Defense this week tested a conventional prompt strike capability that could one day be fielded from guided-missile submarines.
https://news.usni.org/2017/11/03/navy-conducts-flight-test-support-conventional-prompt-strike-ohio-class-boomers
