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Transport
An artist’s impression of USS
Ohio launching a Tomahawk
cruise missile
Missile tubes
USS Ohio has 22 missile
tubes, which each house
seven Tomahawk cruise
missiles, meaning it can
carry a total of 154 of these
long-range weapons.
Torpedoes
The submarine is armed with MK-48
torpedoes. These torpedoes have a
295-kilogram (650-pound) warhead, with
a range of 50 kilometres (31 miles).
Sonar dome
The bow of the submarine
Image by Alex Pang
houses the sonar dome
which transmits and
receives acoustic signals.
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