Cruise missile sub

The Washington Times ^ | December 21, 2007 | Bill Gertz

[LS]

Beat my own drum a tad here: When Prof. Doug Dalgleish and I wrote our book "Trident," back in 1984 (a history and analysis of the Trident sub system) we suggested at THAT time that the current power of the force was so great that SOME of the Ohio-class subs should be converted to multiple cruise-missile launching subs.

Although it's out of print, Amazon still has a few:

http://www.amazon.com/Trident-Science-International-Affairs-Dalgleish/dp/0809311267/ref=sr_1_11?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1198449643&sr=1-11

[OCC]

If the Chi-Coms knock out our GPS system, The Tomahawk has other guidance systems.

TERCOM - Terrain Contour Matching. An in-flight altimeter measures the height from the TLAM to the ground and the missile will check to see if it is in the right spot from the height. It will make corrections if it does match the prestored height

DSMAC - Digital Scene Matching Area Correlation. A small image is taken of the flight path and downloaded into the TLAM before it is launched. During the flight the missile will verify that the images that it has stored correlates with the image it sees below itself. If the pictures do not match it will correct itself and then finish its mission.

Of course if GPS is knocked out, I think less accurate ICBM's would already be on the way!

[OCC]

Cool, I’m ordering one!

[LS]

Get it used. They charged way too much for the new version. But if you want, have amazon send it to me and I’ll autograph it and send it on to you.
LS

[OCC]

oops, to late. Just ordered a copy for 10.99. Some copies going for 75.00!

[Joe Boucher]

I think the optimum statement here is, “emerging threat from China.”

[DesScorp]

“So what happens when the Chinese knock out the GPS satellies. What is the backup navigation for these missles?”

Back in the Day (70’s/early 80’s), tomahawks had maps programmed into each missle. Maybe that’s the back up plan.

[chasio649]

154 long-range cruise missiles

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MAN!!!!...My little ole boat carried squat hahaha...dang ...that weapons load would take 3 days at the rate we loaded ;D

[tubebender]

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[george76]

Reach out and touch someone

154 long-range cruise missiles

[george76]

Someone you know ?

[Virginia Ridgerunner]

Converting SSBNs into SSGNs is sheer stupidity. The USN will ultimately regret this foolhardy idea after the ChiComs take out our satellites in the next world war.

[tubebender]

I knew a R Pearce but he died years ago. I guess it could be a relative....

[Squantos]

If this doesn’t have Taiwan written all over it ........:o)

[Squantos]

Launch backup GPS, Communication and Intelligence payloads from Boomers and land-based missile silos in the CONUS already in place would be my SWAG ......:o)

[KoRn]

"What is the backup navigation for these missles?"

[Travis McGee]

The GPS sats are more than 12,000 miles out into space, and I believe they are very well hardened against laser attack.

[Travis McGee]

I really like the idea.

[Oatka]

What is the backup navigation for these missles?
One who misspells missile has no need to know.

Dumb keyboard. Anyway, I'm glad the Grammar Police are on the alert and just as akkurate.

[tanknetter]

Converting SSBNs into SSGNs is sheer stupidity. The USN will ultimately regret this foolhardy idea after the ChiComs take out our satellites in the next world war.

Terrain mapping was good enough for the Tomahawks used in Operation Desert Storm. If GPS goes down it may not be optimal, but it should be good enough.

One thing that doesn't seem to be getting a lot of play here is the element of the Ohio SSGN conversions dealing with support of SEAL operations.