Columbia-class Nuclear-Armed Submarines to Patrol Ocean in 2030. Stave off Nuclear Strike

Video Above: Columbia Class Ballistic Missile Submarine

By Kris Osborn – President & Editor-In-Chief, Warrior Maven

Secretly lurking in the dark depths of the ocean in unknown, yet strategically vital areas of the undersea, US nuclear armed submarines are on a mission to prevent a nuclear attack on the US by sending a message to potential adversaries that a nuclear strike on the US would be met with a catastrophic, devastating and destructive counterattack.

US Navy Columbia-class Nuclear-Armed Ballistic Missile Submarines 

With this purpose in view, a new generation of US Navy Columbia-class nuclear-armed ballistic missile submarines will launch a first patrol in 2030, a development which now seems much sooner than it may have sounded just a few years ago.

The new fleet of submarines, which have now been under development for more than a decade, are intended to replace the existing Ohio class ballistic missile submarines with a new generation of technology designed to ensure a potential adversary does not contemplate a first-strike nuclear attack on the US.

The first several boats have been under construction for quite some time, and the Navy’s Columbia-class acquisition effort recently won an award for exemplary performance.

“Pre-Commissioning Unit COLUMBIA is scheduled to deliver in 2027 and conduct its first strategic deterrence patrol in 2030,” a Navy report said.