Learn the secrets of the American submarine USS John Warner, who launched six Tomahawk missiles against Syria last month. Daniel Brown, a columnist for the Business Insider newspaper, presents to the public several videos showing the interior of the fearsome ship.
US submersibles are highly secretive and rarely demonstrated to the public. However, journalist Daniel Brown was able to board the Warner accompanied by Major Mark Eichenlaub.
The USS John Warner is divided into three levels. The upper level houses most of the cabins for the crew, the middle level is the operating space and the lowest level is where the nuclear reactor and other engineering devices are located.
Eichenlaub showed the journalist the dormitory of the executive directors. In addition, he was taken to the section of Navy SEALs, the main force of special operations of the United States Navy.
"In fact, this is how we would get the [SEALs] from the submerged vessel." A group of seamen would be here, a total of 14. The chamber would fill with water until it coincided with the outer pressure of the sea. of the ship, the hatch would open and they could swim out of a full chamber into the open sea, "writes the journalist.
Then they went to the most secret area of the submarine: mission control.
When the journalist entered that section, all monitors were off. The sonar computers, launch control and navigation focus here.
Warner has no periscope and uses photonic masts installed in the outer tower that provide the water view for any monitor on the ship.
Eichenlaub also showed the checkpoint launch of torpedoes and cruise missiles.
The following video shows the two navigation control systems.
Finally the journalist glanced at the torpedo room. Mark 48 Advanced Capacity torpedoes can fly at over 80 km / h, but their top speed is technically confidential, says Daniel Brown.
The USS John Warner submarine is 115 meters long, 10 meters wide and approximately 15 meters high. The ship also has displacement of 7,800 tons and can reach depths of more than 240 meters.
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