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USS VIRGINIA
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Outline
  • Submarine Force Highlights


  • Virginia Class Details


  • Your USS VIRGINIA
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Submarine Force Objectives
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The Submarine Force
Affordable and Efficient
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Any Day in the Submarine Force
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Today’s Submarine Force
  • Over 100 years of operation
    • Pacific WWII
    • Cold War
    • Gulf
    • IRAQ
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America’s Submarines
  • Stealth
    • Classified missions
  • Agility
    • Anywhere, everywhere
  • Endurance
    • Global operations on nuclear power
  • Multi-mission Payload Delivery
    • Strike, undersea, mine & special warfare
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America’s Submarines
  • SSN - 54 Fast Attack Submarines
  • SSGN - 4 Guided Missile Submarines
  • SSBN - 14 Ballistic Missile Submarines
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Fast Attack Submarines (SSN)
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LOS ANGELES SSNs
  • Combat Proven
    • Operation IRAQI FREEDOM
    • Operation ENDURING FREEDOM
    • Desert Storm
    • Desert Strike
    • Kosovo
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SEAWOLF SSNs
  • State-of-the-Art
    • Special operations
    • Fastest, quietest SSN
    • Most heavily-armed SSN
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VIRGINIA SSNs
  • Beyond State-of-the-Art
    • Special operations
    • Strike
    • SEAWOLF Quieting
    • Most technologically advanced
    • Future of the Submarine Force
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TRIDENT SSGN
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TRIDENT SSGN
Here Today!
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TRIDENT SSBNs
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NR-1
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Tomahawk Strike
  • First on station
    • Front line position
    • First to shoot
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SEAL Delivery
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Dry-Deck Shelter (DDS)
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Special Operations Forces
(SOF)
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Surveillance and Reconnaissance
  • Full Spectrum


  • Up close and undetected


  • Prepare future battle space


  • Long time on station (months)


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Submarining Is…
  • Demanding
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Outline
  • Submarine Force Highlights


  • Virginia Class Details


  • Your USS VIRGINIA
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VIRGINIA CLASS SUBMARINE
RIGHT FOR THE FUTURE
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BALANCE OVER SEVEN MISSIONS
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Two Weeks of VIRGINIA Class
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VIRGINIA:The Right Submarine for the Long War
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VIRGINIA:The Right Submarine for the Long War
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VIRGINIA
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VIRGINIA: Modular and Reconfigurable:
Pacing Technology, Ensuring Dominance
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NEW VIRGINIA SENSORS
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NINE-MAN LOCK OUT TRUNK
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OPERATIONAL FLEXIBILITY
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Automatic Ship Control
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Propulsion Plant Success
  • Simplified Operation
  • Innovative Solid State Electric Plant Design
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Outline
  • Submarine Force Highlights


  • Virginia Class Details


  • Your USS VIRGINIA
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Leading the Way