NSSN Virginia-class - current status and future

They need to find a way to use the full length of those Tomahawk cells. Double up the missiles or, better yet, on long ballistic missile carrying whatever it can for 2,000 miles.
 
Sferrin said:
They need to find a way to use the full length of those Tomahawk cells. Double up the missiles or, better yet, on long ballistic missile carrying whatever it can for 2,000 miles.
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The VPM tubes are less than 40ft deep, unless they stick out a lot farther from the hull. A Tomahawk is 21ft long, not counting the gas generator (I do not know where the gas generator is located in the VPMs). It's not clear how long CPS/LRHW/Dark Eagle are, but ~10m/33ft looks about right based on the picturess of the TEL trailer.

I'm not sure if the agreement that a non-strategic tube is one not deep enough to hold a Trident still matters, either. Remember, the VPMs are shortened Trident missile tubes with an insert holding 6 or 7 Tomahawks in a MAC or 3 CPS in an APM.
 
Scott Kenny said:
The VPM tubes are less than 40ft deep, unless they stick out a lot farther from the hull. A Tomahawk is 21ft long, not counting the gas generator (I do not know where the gas generator is located in the VPMs). It's not clear how long CPS/LRHW/Dark Eagle are, but ~10m/33ft looks about right based on the picturess of the TEL trailer.

I'm not sure if the agreement that a non-strategic tube is one not deep enough to hold a Trident still matters, either. Remember, the VPMs are shortened Trident missile tubes with an insert holding 6 or 7 Tomahawks in a MAC or 3 CPS in an APM.
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So 33' x 21"? Hmmmm.
 

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