Columbia-Dreadnought US-UK Nuclear Armed Subs Can Use “Passive” Sonar for Stealth – Warrior Maven
New US Columbia-class submarines and it aligns with the UK’s now-developing Dreadnought
By: Kris Osborn for WARRIOR MAVEN
The promise of massive, catastrophic destruction and the potential annihilation of entire cities is the main intent of any nuclear deterrence posture aimed at ensuring peace.
This is the fundamental “paradox” of nuclear weapons, as they are built with the hope that they will never be used. This strategic deterrence equation, something considered fundamental to the current global order and status quo, has increasingly been threatened to an extent due to the War in Ukraine. The growing seriousness of a nuclear threat only further underscores the US need for large-scale yet highly secretive international collaboration. This is why the UK’s Vanguard-class SSBN nuclear-armed ballistic missile submarines are so critical, as they operate in a much similar capacity to the US Ohio-class. Both boats fire well-known Trident II D5 nuclear missiles, yet the Ohio’s can carry 20 as opposed to the Vanguard-Class’ 16.
