USS Florida, armed with 154 Tomahawk cruise missiles, returned to home base after a round-the-world deployment.
A powerful United States Navy nuclear submarine, armed with conventional long-range missiles, returned home on Wednesday following a 727-day round-the-world deployment during which it conducted missions countering threats posed by Russia, China and Iran.USS Florida, a 18,750-ton nuclear-powered Ohio-class guided missile submarine, entered the Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay in Georgia following a deployment that commenced in August 2022.
'All submariners go through extensive screening and training to ensure that they can handle the psychological effects of extended deployments and long periods of isolation,' former Navy submariner of Bryan Herrin, who served aboard the Ohio, told Newsweek.This was not the longest deployment for the Florida, which was commissioned 41 years ago. In 2020, it concluded an 800-plus-day overseas deployment that covered almost 100,000 miles, according to defense news website The War Zone.
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