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Twenty-four orange tubes hold the Trident nuclear missiles aboard the USS Rhode Island in the Atlantic Ocean, Aug. 16, 2010. The missiles are the focal point of the USS Rhode Island and 13 other U.S. Ohio-class ballistic missile submarines.

Twenty-four orange tubes hold the Trident nuclear missiles aboard the USS Rhode Island in the Atlantic Ocean, Aug. 16, 2010. The missiles are the focal point of the USS Rhode Island and 13 other U.S. Ohio-class ballistic missile submarines.

Twenty-four orange tubes hold the Trident nuclear missiles aboard the USS Rhode Island in the Atlantic Ocean, Aug. 16, 2010. The missiles are the focal point of the USS Rhode Island and 13 other U.S. Ohio-class ballistic missile submarines.

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