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Nuclear Attack Submarines (SSNs) Weapons And Sensors
Seawolf Class Sonar:
* ARCI Modified AN/BSY-2 combat system
* includes a larger spherical sonar array
* includes a wide aperture array (WAA)
* includes a new towed-array sonar
Seawolf Class Weapons:
Los Angeles Class Sonar:
* BQQ-5 Suite which includes Active and Passive systems
* BQS-15 detecting and ranging sonar
* WLR-8V(2) ESM receiver
* WLR-9 acoustic receiver (detects active search sonar/acoustic homing torpedoes)
* BRD-7 radio direction finder
Los Angeles Class Electronic Countermeasures:
* WLR-10 countermeasures set
Los Angeles Class Radar:
* BPS-15 radar
Los Angeles Class Weapons:
Flight II
* 4 - 21 inch (533 mm) Mark 48 torpedo tubes
* 37 - Mark 48 torpedoes
* MK 67 mobile, or MK 60 Captor mines
* 12 - VLS missile tubes
Flight III
* 4 - 21 inch (533 mm) Mark 48 torpedo tubes
* 37 - Mark 48 torpedoes
* MK 67 mobile, or MK 60 Captor mines
* 12 - VLS missile tubes
Missiles:
* Tomahawk BGM-109
* RGM-84 Harpoon
Virginia Class Sonar:
* BQQ-10 bow-mounted spherical active/passive sonar array
* Large Aperture Bow (LAB) sonar array (Block III onwards)
* Wide aperture lightweight fiber optic sonar array
* Two high frequency active sonars mounted on the sail and bow
* Low-Cost Conformal Array (LCCA) high frequency sonar
* TB-16 or TB-34 fat line tactical towed sonar array
* TB-29 or TB-33 thin line long-range search towed sonar array
Virginia Class Weapons:
Block I - III
* 4 - 21 inch (533 mm) Mark 48 torpedo tubes
* 12 - VLS missile tubes
Block IV
* 4 - 21 inch (533 mm) Mark 48 torpedo tubes
* 12 - VLS missile tubes
* 2 - VPMs (7 missiles in each)
Block V
* 4 - 21 inch (533 mm) Mark 48 torpedo tubes
* 12 - VLS missile tubes
* 4 - VPMs (7 missiles in each)
Missiles:
* Tomahawk BGM-109
* RGM-84 Harpoon
* VPMs are also compatable with future missiles
VPM - VirginiaPayload Module
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