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 | | The "boomer," as SSBN's are called, is part of the United States' strategic deterrence of the use of weapons of mass destruction. |
 | | Although the missiles have no pre-set targets when the submarine goes on patrol, the SSBNs are capable of rapidly targeting their missiles should the National Command Authority, using secure and constant at-sea communications links, deem it necessary. |
 | | Beginning with the ninth Trident submarine, USS Tennessee (SSBN 734), all new ships are equipped with the Trident II D-5 missile system as they are built, and the earlier ships are being retrofitted to Trident II. |
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