First Trident Submarine Converted

The USS Ohio has become the first of four Trident nuclear-armed submarines to undergo conversion to conventional weapons capability, the Associated Press reported yesterday (see GSN, Jan. 14, 2005).

The Ohio is now armed with 154 Tomahawk cruise missiles instead of 24 nuclear-tipped missiles, according to AP.

General Dynamics Electric Boat is scheduled to complete the remaining three conversions by September 2007, according to company spokesman Robert Hamilton (Associated Press/WAVY 10, Jan. 9).

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