Additionally, Russia is developing KANYON which is a whole new class of at-sea deterrent based on a nuclear powered torpedo. Meanwhile China has continued to grow its capability, and three countries have entered the arena Israel, India and North Korea. US Navy's SSBN (Left), Royal Navy Successor (right) The waters these boats will slip into will be very different from those that their forbearers did. The US Navy’s Ohio Replacement Program (SSBN) is estimated to end up costing $97bn for 12 boats, while Britain’s Successor program is costed at $44Bn for 4 boats. The US and UK are starting down the road to build their next generation of ballistic missile submarines (SSBNs), more commonly known as ‘ boomers’ or ‘ bombers’ to the Brits. The United Kingdom and France maintain the absolute minimum at-sea deterrent with just four submarines apiece. Russian meanwhile has gone from 62 down to just 12, or 13 if you count the last TYPHOON Class which is still used for trials. In 1991 the US Navy operated 33 ballistic missile submarines today it operates just 14. In those 25 years the total number of active ballistic missile submarines has more than halved. + The dynamics of at-sea nuclear deterrence have completely changed since the end of the Cold War. World survey of nuclear missile submarines Thank you to everybody who has made this article possible.
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