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Derrick Van Orden: “The Ohio class is supposed to be replaced by the Columbia…”

Featuring: Derrick Van Orden, Republican | U.S. House, Wisconsin, District 3

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Rep. Van Orden Raises Questions on Nuclear Triad in Strategic Forces Hearing

Published | Video Starts at 03:00

Which one has the greatest potential to get warheads on foreheads without being detected? Well, that would be either the SLBM leg or the ICBM leg. Okay. Not the air leg. Correct. And so The Ohio class is supposed to be replaced by the Columbia class, correct? That is correct. All right, so that's what I'm talking about. That is the most stealthy leg of the nuclear triad and I think has the greatest chance of survivability … (03:00–03:08)

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Asserts that the Ohio class submarines are to be replaced by the Columbia class.

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