A new payload module slated for Virginia-class attack submarines may replace the capability provided by the Navy's four SSGN guided-missile submarines in the mid-2020s, an official said Oct. 19 during the Naval Submarine Symposium in McLean, VA. The new four-tube payload module will have 87-inch tubes and be able to carry any missile the service is using at the time, and it will even be able to carry large-diameter underwater unmanned vehicles, according to Capt. Barry Bruner, who was selected...
