US Navy Columbia Class Nuclear-Armed Submarines: Peace Through Threat of Annhilation

[rangerrebew]

US Navy Columbia Class Nuclear-Armed Submarines: Peace Through Threat of Annhilation
The promise of total destruction, somewhat paradoxically one might say, keeps the peace
JUN 17, 2023
By Kris Osborn, President, Center for Military Modernization

(Washington DC)

Columbia-Class Submarine: What Do We Know? Lurking secretly in dark waters around the world and holding potential adversaries at risk of nuclear destruction from unknown locations, US Navy’s nuclear-armed ballistic missile submarines offer the backbone of U.S. strategic deterrence.

Undersea strategic deterrence essentially guarantees second-strike retaliatory catastrophic destruction of any adversary who attacks the U.S. with nuclear weapons, thus preventing war by ensuring the complete annihilation of any country that attacks with nuclear weapons.

The promise of total destruction, somewhat paradoxically one might say, keeps the peace.

Columbia-Class Submarine – Lurking Threat

https://warriormaven.com/sea/us-navy-columbia-class-nuclear-armed-submarines-peace-through-threat-of-annhilation

[PeteS in CA]

The first Columbia-Class submarine began construction in 2022 and won't enter service until 2031, assuming nothing unplanned happens and Congress doesn't monkey-wrench things.