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Ohio class

naval4.5 Genactive

Manufacturer:General DynamicsIntroduced: 1981|Status: active|Origin: United States

NAVALSPEC // OHIO-CLASS

2026 Strategic Capability IndexGlobal audited benchmark for this military asset domain

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FIREPOWER

MOBILITY

PROTECTION

SENSORS

COMBAT VALUE

UNIT COST

$2000.0M

Platform Dossier & Identity

IDENTITY

Typesubmarine

Categorynaval

Country🇺🇸United States

ContractorGeneral Dynamics

Statusactive

Generation4.5 Generation

Introduced1981

Service StatusActive

Data SourceUS Strategic Command Fact Files / Jane’s Fighting Ships

Defense Tech Capability Scorecard

TACTICAL AUDIT

EW SUITE

90/100

Electronic Attack & Jamming Defense

STEALTH / RCS

92/100

Radar Signature Reduction

ACTIVE PROTECTIONEQUIPPED

Hard-Kill Interception

BMS BATTLE MGMTNETWORKED

Tactical Datalink Integration

Tactical Specifications Matrix

SPEC SHEET

Length170 m

Width12.8 m

Height11.5 m

Weight18,750,000 kg

Crew155 personnel

Max Speed46 km/h

Range20,000 km

Endurance90 hrs

PowerplantS8G pressurized water nuclear reactor delivering 60000 shp

Weapons & Ordnance Manifest

36 RDS AMMO

PRIMARY WEAPON

24x Trident II D5 SLBM launch tubes (carrying up to 8 MIRV W76-1/W88 nuclear warheads each)36 RDS

SECONDARY WEAPONS

4x 533mm torpedo tubes for Mk 48 Mod 5/7 ADCAP/CBASS

GUIDED MISSILES

UGM-133A Trident II D5 SLBM (MIRV)

TORPEDOES

Mk 48 Mod 7 CBASS heavy torpedoes

Avionics & Sensor Suite

SENSORS

RadarEQUIPPED

BPS-15A surface search radar(55 km)

Fire Control (FCS)EQUIPPED

Digital Integrated Ballistic FCS

Radar Warning (RWR)EQUIPPED

Integrated Radar Warning Receiver

ECM SuiteACTIVE ECM

Multi-Band Electronic Jammer Suite

Thermal & FLIREQUIPPED

Thermal FLIR • Infrared (IRST) • Night Vision

Sonar SuiteEQUIPPED

BQQ-9 Sonar Suite with BQS-13 active spherical array, BQR-15 towed array sonar, and TB-29 thin-line towed array(80 km)

Supply Chain & Industrial Intel Sheet

MIB AUDIT

PRIME CONTRACTOR75% WORKSHARE

Huntington Ingalls Industries🇺🇸

PROPULSION SYSTEM🇺🇸

Marine Gas Turbines / Nuclear / CODLOGVendor: GE AerospaceThrust/Power: Combined Gas Turbine Propulsion

RADAR / AVIONICS MANUFACTURER🇺🇸

Integrated 3D Multi-Function Naval Radar ArrayManufacturer: Raytheon TechnologiesArchitecture: 3D Naval Air Search & Fire Control Radar

PRIMARY ARMAMENT VENDOR🇺🇸

Mk 41 / Sylver Vertical Launch System & Heavy TorpedoesVendor: Lockheed Martin MissilesPayload: VLS Missile Array

SENSORS / OPTICS SUITE🇺🇸

Sonar Acoustic Suite & Optical SurveillanceVendor: L3Harris Technologies

SECURE SEMICONDUCTORS🇺🇸

Intel FederalNode: 16nm Rad-Hardened Military Silicon

Passive Armor & Countermeasures

SURVIVABILITY

Armor Compositionheavy

Armor Thickness170 mm

CountermeasuresAN/WLY-1 acoustic countermeasure launcher, Mk 2 ADC torpedo decoys

Tactical Communications & Data Link

C4ISR

Tactical RadioTACAMO E-6B Mercury VLF relay communications receiver

Satellite UplinkEquipped

Tactical Data LinkIntegrated (Link 16/MADL)

Military EncryptionType-1 Cryptographic

Procurement & Life-Cycle Cost

COST AUDIT

Unit Purchase Cost$2,000,000,000

Annual Operating Cost$75,000,000

Annual Maintenance Cost$40,000,000

Operational Deployments & Operator Nations

1 Operator Nations~14 Active Units

Operator Nation	Deployment Status	Estimated Fleet Inventory
🇺🇸United States	Domestic Operator	14units

Performance Analysis

HUD BENCHMARK

6-Axis Telemetry Ratings0-100 SCALE

Firepower

99/100

Mobility

88/100

Protection

93/100

Sensors

91/100

Reliability

94/100

Maintainability

89/100

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Additional Intelligence Information

AUDIT LOG

Intelligence SourceUS Strategic Command Fact Files / Jane’s Fighting Ships

Last Verification Date2026-10-07