The Great Tomahawk Missile Crisis: In 1994, following the collapse of the Soviet Union and the end of Cold War hostilities, the Nuclear Posture Review deemed the United States Navy’s previous plan overkill: rather than 18 Guided Missile Submarines, or SSGNs, the Navy needed instead 14 in order to meet strategic needs. The Navy decided, […]
That title is a straight-up lie. 2080 missiles did not vanish. The operational payload of US Navy ships is reducing by 2080 missiles due to missile-focused craft reaching end of life without replacements.