The Navy's mission in the Strategic Forces program area is to provide an undersea strategic missile launch capability which will ensure that the United States maintains a credible and survivable deterrent to nuclear war. The Navy's strategic deterrent force in FY 1987 consists of thirty-nine nuclear submarines (SSBNs) which provide the launch platforms for the undersea strategic missile system, four submarine tenders, one launch area support ship, related service craft, and three ships chartered from the Military Sealift Command (MSC). Each alert submarine must be ready on patrol to respond to an operational order. Because of this mission they operate under conditions of complete self-sufficiency, including maintaining only one-way communications. Each SSBN is operated alternately by two crews who must know the status and condition of the submarine and the weapon system at all times.


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    Title :

    Department of the Navy Justification of Estimates for Fiscal Year 1987 Submitted to Congress February 1986. Operation and Maintenance, Navy. Book 1. Budget Activity 1: Strategic Forces. Budget Activity 2: General Purpose Forces. Budget Activity 4: Airlift and Sealift


    Publication date :

    1986


    Size :

    156 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English