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Not true; subs are part of every carrier fleet.

• trashtester 4y ago
  Those would be Virginia class attacks subs, not ballistic missile subs, I think. An Ohio class could be added temporarily, though, to add even more cruise missile capability to the task force. (Since they, or at least some of them, are now dual purpose platforms.)
  • dylan604 4y ago
    And how many of those Ohio class subs actually carry missles and have not been filled with cement ballast?
    • trashtester 4y ago
      I expect such things to be confidential....
      • dylan604 4y ago
        So confidential that the information is listed on wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ohio-class_submarine https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ohio-class_submarine
        • Retric 4y ago
          A treaty limited them to 20 ICMB’s on each of 14 subs down from 24. Each ICMB can hold 12 independently targeting 100kt warheads or 8 larger 0.45 MT nukes. However, it might be that less than 20 missiles are loaded and or teach ICBM is not carrying the maximum capacity of nukes, but we just don’t know.