The United States and the United Kingdom conducted exercises with the USS Tennessee and Vanguard submarines, which carry Trident II missiles with nuclear warheads - a Boeing E-6B Mercury doomsday plane flew over them

The United States has once again displayed its Ohio-class strategic guided missile cruiser. USA held

joint exercises with the UK, in which, in addition to submarines, a doomsday aircraft and a Seahawk helicopter took part.

What is known

The exercise took place in the Atlantic Ocean.The United States sent the Ohio-class USS Tennessee there. She was accompanied by a British Vanguard-class submarine. Both strategic missile cruisers carry Trident II intercontinental ballistic missiles with nuclear warheads.


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Usually the United States does not disclosethe location of their Ohio submarines, and now they even publish high-quality images that allow you to see the submarines. This time, in addition to two missile cruisers, the footage showed the Sikorsky MH-60R Seahawk helicopter.


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Britain is more cautious about itssubmarines. The Royal Navy decided not to reveal which Vanguard-class submarine was taking part in the exercise. In total, Great Britain has four cruisers of the Trident system.


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It is noteworthy that he flew over submarinesthe so-called "doomsday" Boeing E-6B Mercury. It is intended to provide communication between the US President and elements of the nuclear triad (ballistic intercontinental missiles, Ohio missile cruisers and strategic bombers).