Here’s the US Navy’s New Deadly Attack Submarines

[Music] here's the us navy's new deadly attack subs the virginia class also known as the ssn 774 class is a class of nuclear-powered cruise missile fast attack submarines currently in service in the united states navy designed by general dynamics electric boat and huntington ingalls industries the virginia class submarines are the united states navy's latest undersea warfare platform which incorporates the latest in stealth intelligence gathering and weapon system technology virginia-class submarines are designed for a broad spectrum of open ocean and literal missions including anti-submarine warfare and intelligence gathering operations they are scheduled to replace older los angeles-class submarines many of which have already been decommissioned virginia-class submarines will be acquired through 2043 and are expected to remain in service until at least 2060 with later submarines expected to remain to the 2070s [Music] [Music] the u.s navy inked a deal with general dynamics electric boat on december 2nd to be the lead contractor for the newest iteration of the virginia class attack submarine the largest shipbuilding contract in the history of the service in excess of 22 billion the navy has big plans for block five it is destined to be a true multi-mission submarine with a strike capability and the ability to deliver large diameter unmanned underwater vehicles in addition to the more traditional surveillance mission here are the 4 things you need to know about the vessel a bigger boat most of block 5 is going to be bigger much bigger than its older sisters in the class of the 9 potentially 10 boats in the class 8 of them will have 84-foot sections plugged into the hull that will include four large diameter tubes rated for seven tomahawks each in addition to the 12 and the bow that means each block 5 will have the capacity for 40 cruise missiles but it's not just the traditional tomahawk land attack missiles that will be stuffed in the payload module submariners are envisioning a whole range of missions for the big tubes such as deploying large diameter unmanned undersea vehicles for various missions launching hypersonic prompt strike missiles launching tomahawk's new maritime strike iteration against ships in addition to the existing harpoon missile torpedoes really anything they could fit in there that could benefit from being deployed off of a submarine number two responsibilities galore because the navy designed a lot of versatility in the platform the block five will act as a swift's army knife for undersea warfare taking on a range of missions that traditionally have gone to the retiring guided missile submarines or ssgns said brian clark a retired submarine officer and analyst for the center for strategic and budgetary assessments that's going to require a cultural change inside the submarine community clark said the block 5 will be a marked difference in terms of the concept of operations for a multi-mission ship he said for strike that mission has largely been sent off to the ssgns they focused on tomahawk missions and steel delivery the rest of the attack submarines have focused on traditional intelligence gathering missions with the introduction of the block 5 those missions are going to expand to a larger percentage of the force many of that is already part of submariner training but the emphasis will have to be increased clark predicted submariners were always trained on tomahawk missions anti-ship missions and swimmer delivery those are all things you train for in case you have to do them he said but with the advent of block 5 those missions are going to have to be a bigger part of submariner training and with the tomahawk maritime strike missile coming into the fleet they're going to have an anti-ship mission alongside the older los angeles class 6 8 8 having the torpedo tube launched harpoon so in a lot of ways the submarine community is going back in the direction it was during the cold war it was a much more expensive mission back then then it narrowed with the introduction of the ssgn now it's set to expand again number three quiet the block 5 incorporates what the navy calls an acoustic superiority program which is basically a comprehensive effort to both improve listening capabilities to find other ships and submarines as well as make the submarine much quieter in the water the improvements include a new vertical array coatings and machinery quieting technology throughout the boat number four it's expensive as hell as one might expect for a big multi-mission attack submarine the virginia block five is mind-bogglingly expensive with the total value of the program sitting at 35 billion dollars when government furnished equipment is added each sub will cost in excess of 3.5 billion dollars per hull should the navy buy all 10 of the block fives the navy has recognized that with the proliferation of long-range anti-ship missiles the service will need to put more missiles than ever in the air to strike launchers in land and to defend major assets such as aircraft carriers from attack but relying on submarines for the strike component is a double-edged sword on the one hand superior submarines mean a higher chance that block 5s will be able to operate inside chinese and russian anti-axis windows or areas where surface ships would be vulnerable the problem is that the navy might go bankrupt before it creates the volume of fires it would need to combat a massive missile power like china jerry hendricks a navy analyst with telamus group explained it in an interview earlier this fall i think there is a powerful argument to distribute these weapons across the surface force he said if you can create a strike weapon that allows the surface force to stand outside of df-21 and df-26 range and shoot three pointers from outside then yes to create mass and volume and the submerged force is twice to three times as expensive as it is to create that volume from the surface force so there is a solid argument just from the standpoint of cost if i was trying to create 2 000 tubes of hypersonics which are much more massive than tomahawks won't fit in a mark 41 vertical launch system and hence will have to go into a different configuration to create that mass and the submerged force is going to be very expensive navy leadership is increasingly looking to concepts such as a large unmanned surface combatant that could work as external missile magazines for larger manned surface combatants as a model for more affordably boosting its capacity to put missiles in the air thank you for watching and don't forget to subscribe and watch the next video [Music] so [Music] [Music] [Music] so [Music] [Music] [Music] it

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Length: 9min 37sec (577 seconds)

Published: Tue Jun 01 2021