Inside the U.S. Navy's newest, fastest $2B submarines

The United States is deploying a new generation of submarines, the Virginia class, which can launch tomahawk cruise missiles and deploy a team of Navy SEALs from beneath the surface. Only on "CBS This Morning," Don Dahler takes you inside one of America's most lethal defense systems at sea.
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[@jacksondaniels8169]

Proud 637 & 688 sub sailor. The boats have changed so much since I retired in 2010..

[@mattfoley4749]

2:45 we use this to power it

[@dennisengland9787]

I don't know why they are saying this is a new class, I got out of active duty in 2004 and the Virginia and the Texas had already been commissioned.

[@Boundlesslylit]

TRUEEE

[@systemadminsavannah]

Both ships you mentioned were NUCLEAR POWERED CRUISERS......these are subs. Quite a difference!

[@robbieboyd5869]

New class in 2004 is still the new class today as far as subs go. Ford carrier class was the new class 2009 when I got out and still new class today.

[@billselekman6850]

You are talking about nuclear cruisers. The Navy now names new subs after states, unless it is still commissioned.

[@JonathanSterlingUSA]

@@billselekman6850 Virginia and Texas are states.

[@ritchievernon8099]

I was on a navy base so this is very cool to see an upgrade of our submarines!

[@achee1682]

thats alot of bananas 2:45

[@johnhyll8070]

Aaron Cheee whole lot

[@Tacticalsquid]

I didn't even realize those were bananas

[@davidsi5376]

These are banana powered submarines, thats why!

[@punishedsnake6141]

David Si good one

[@christianproud7994]

Those bananas doesnt look normal gotta be genetically modified

[@culpd]

“...so the crews control them with cruise control...” Classic newsman joke. I bet they made themselves laugh a lot over that one.

[@timfronimos459]

I have bowel movements smarter than many of the commenters here. Hats of to all who serve in subs. I do know it takes a special person and highly trained sailor for sub service.

[@johannesweitz8497]

Yep. Best mate stands ashore.

[@erikb8979]

Tim. Thank u for coming up with something I wish I would thought of. I salute your bowel movement comment. And yes on all r brave men and women who risk their lives everyday keeping those same worthless bowel movements lives

[@jmbbao]

Pleiadians have said these are ships of the Secret Space Program. Look at the propeller, it is a toroidal magnetic propeller. You are looking one of the space ships of the secret space program. It just also works as a submarine as it can go in space so it can too inside water. They choose this so they could have the ships just in front of our noses without we suspecting about it.

[@sosaalejandro5536]

That base in Groton belongs to my city, New London. 😜 I've been in the Nautilus sub, pretty awesome.

[@Bisbye]

FBW isn't electronics, they still use hydraulics it's just a computer takes in the input and uses the controls surfaces it needs to get the results the pilot wants

[@JonathanSterlingUSA]

You need to research the subject... Ever hear of steering fluid? If a car had Fly by Wire instead of manual control, there would be no need for steering fluid. Look it up...

[@wayneyd2]

Really John? Electronic and computer has replaced the hydraulic controls?

[@Bosk]

I used to hate the hydraulic noise from the steering and diving planes. The 4500lb line ran right by my bunk.

[@ananthakrishnan2165]

The US has a very unique ability to bring AI and physics together. Great job!

[@johnlohman8311]

Ya baby lets build some more and keep america working

[@samfisher2306]

a B-2 bomber is just as expensive as a sub? Crazy

[@ayyimhere2341]

Thats only because we bought so little of the B-2. If we had bought more the cost of R&D would have been better distributed and the price per unit would have been lower.

[@TheFrencky]

AyyImHere you bought a sub? That’s crazy? Or maybe don’t use we

[@1quickster]

The B-2 bomber that is an advance plane. It is capable to go to outer space and back in. It has anti gravity device that's the reason it can go to outer space. It uses outer space to get to its target faster.

[@Cynthia_Cantrell]

@@1quickster And cup holders. Don't forget the cup holders!

[@granto4069]

@Hammerschlägen M they are hoping for 500 million per unit, still expensive, but way better

[@Bluedudewalking]

Late to this, but Commander Dan Reiss is followed throughout his training on the NG documentary " how to command a nuclear submarine". This documentary follows the candidates of the perisher course, a UK run submarine command programme, and can be watched on Amazon prime.

[@1bravo915]

That was a tour?

[@stevewyatt3339]

The GAYLE class of dreadnaught ships were the very biggest, right around the middle of the boat was extra wide

[@zaynehulvey8546]

If they are computer operated then do they have a back up system in case of an EMP strike of some sort?

[@SaltiDawg2008]

"All ahead full?" How many screws does that boat have? lol

[@SaltiDawg2008]

@Fred Cink Doh. So it would be "Ahead Full." Not ALL ahead full.

[@billbieker3864]

Peace in strength-------always!

[@dondidykes6664]

I'm sure it's really great to serve on a sub but I like daylight and fresh air when I was in

[@MossPalone]

69 submarines. hehe

[@marcusdaniel7248]

Jude Lau stopppppp

[@charlydatduclai7734]

Jude Lau Now we have 75 of them, the US Navy has just commissioned 6 more military submarines and we are ready to crush Russia's Navy with our own submarine fleet!!

[@killawhale8726]

Nice

[@jacobn275]

Nice.

[@hippityhoppityyourchildiso8803]

Bad u

[@Wgz945]

I served on a Virginia class

[@evol111]

Subs are not defensive! The power of force projection

[@bigwavemax]

Nothing like running the radar while your crew stand in-line with it.

[@MJLeger-yj1ww]

There are always Russian subs lurking off of our Atlantic coast, and their aircraft are routinely right off Alaska also. But the US never lets its guard down, we spot them usually while they're still in international waters or airspace, and we let them know they have been seen, and are often escorted away! They WILL dare to come close, but we will always defend America's borders! We rest easier knowing that, and we honor and respect all who maintain our freedom and safety, thanks, military personnel!

[@rbjanitorialprod]

The best freedom is not free.

[@midniteryder1953]

try being free without security these days...even in your home...

[@RS-io6vm]

how much did the compound cost to build it and store it?

[@MachineDoctorRen]

Next thing they will add on to the sub is lane keeping or may be auto pilot

[@adlaiferrell8188]

We should have equal number of submarines as surface ships ,in case a future adversary decides too out match us in strength and numbers.....😎

[@junaidyaustero7807]

Cool silent under the sea

[@dragonjoe1942]

That's a small price to pay for our freedom. Subs are one of the biggest reasons why countries like Russia,don't attack us outright. They pack a deadly punch!

[@BaiIvan]

dragon joe you're so brainwashed 😂😂

[@joedufour8188]

There is only one group of people that can take away our freedoms. We elect them and they meet in Washington D.C. Unfortunately people like you are more focused on everyone who can't take away our freedoms.

[@tidefanyankee2428]

@@joedufour8188 The folks in D.C. can try to take away our freedoms, but it doesn't mean it will actually happen. Like with the gun debate. D.C. could pass a "turn them in" law. Who is going to enforce it? The cops? That is a pretty conservative group, most of whom own personal weapons, and did before they wore a badge. The military? That is an even MORE conservative group, again, most of whom are gun owners. D.C. passed laws about alcohol once....how did that work out? There is going to be a tipping point.....a time when the folks who actually do the jobs that those in D.C. want done say....."no". If congress ever got too stupid, I firmly believe the military would step in to right the ship.

[@Ghosts-jx7dw]

@@BaiIvan ya YOU really are.

[@Pistolpete218]

Yep, there’s enough nuclear fire power hidden in the water at any given time to destroy them many times over

[@duanewhite3184]

Why not put go pro camera's on the subs to look at the ocean

[@thinklikeido]

Wow, they were even growing bananas.

[@nesseihtgnay9419]

no the best is the seawolf class

[@donniewhitten2948]

You dam right sea wolf class rember the Cheyenne 177 sea wolf class ok

[@cadescott2248]

Damn I love America

[@erikb8979]

Thank u men and women of the u s armed forces

[@SuperRD1978]

great museum if you live in the area

[@malachimicah9512]

I don't think we should always rely on our technical advances 2 much, why would get rid of the Down Periscope

[@bassmith448bassist5]

You raise a valid question. I am neither a submariner nor an engineer but let me offer you this vastly oversimplified answer. At depth, the pressure of the water on a submarine hull is enormous. It will exploit any weakness to get into a submarine. Therefore, the fewer holes that are in the pressure hull, the better. Going to electro optical scopes means there are no longer the two large holes in the pressure hull to accommodate the periscopes. There are typically two periscopes on a submarine. The search scope and for short range work, the attack scope. Switching to electro optical, eliminates those two large weak spots. With electronic cameras, those can be housed in the sail on a telescopic mast and controlled both horizontally and vertically via the joystick. The images are then displayed on whichever screen the officer of the deck or the captain wishes. The only thing that penetrates the hull then is a one inch bundle of either electrical cable or fiber optic line. And, yeah. I got the Down Periscope dig!!!!!

[@claytonthomas4957]

Big Win

[@indica3250]

All them bananas on board..

[@atlefredriktorkveen7710]

Uss New Mexico is now in port in arctic Norway

[@michael7324]

The Virginia class is not all that new anymore. It's a great boat nonetheless.

[@jamel9876]

New compared to Sub history. One of the most advanced boats out there. Wait til you see information on the Columbia-class. That is going to be a real monster of the deep.

[@ethancrumrine310]

*Big boy Vladimir Has liked this video*

[@jmbbao]

Pleiadians have said these are ships of the Secret Space Program. Look at the propeller, it is a toroidal magnetic propeller. You are looking one of the space ships of the secret space program. It just also works as a submarine as it can go in space so it can too inside water. They choose this so they could have the ships just in front of our noses without we suspecting about it.

[@bentpreacher4530]

Wicked boat..A cheaper version of the Seawof class which was awesome as well.

[@UnderstoodConcept]

I was on TDY in Groton when she sailed in. Im not a submariner but she is a sleek beauty. Hooyah.

[@gerardriordan1458]

How many Submarines are there in the Oceans total.

[@trotptkabasnbi6655]

One ping only. !

[@johnmoorhousedecorated-nam899]

Can be anywhere anytime close to any countries shores....

[@Softail77us]

I wonder how the drone world is going underwater. What would the be called, UMV ..?

[@krystalpebres3682]

wow super submarine

[@shatteredstar2149]

The Seawolf class subs

[@donniewhitten2948]

The sea wolf class like the Cheyenne 177 that I was on for two years was great ok sure like too have the old girl hey the Chinese and Russian couldn't touch her at all ha those were the good old days go navy. PREACHER.

[@kruzn1934]

"Run Silent, Run Deep"

[@pixiedixie3682]

ferd fernan Good film , actually.

[@davidgonzales5976]

You'd think they'd keep the original periscope as a back up. What if the sub was the victim of a emp strike. That digital periscope would prove useless then.

[@augustohofmann4970]

Kursk wasn't the last one. Have you forgotten about the Argentinean one last year?

[@nlh719]

Augusto Hofmann videos from 2017 dude

[@captaingrizzly9511]

i would trade every b2 bomber for one of these

[@nynthworld4152]

Nice submarine. I'll take a dozen please.👍

[@tomsmith8781]

are those Moran tugs!?!

[@akilled3646]

Why is bigger better? I mean sure the typhoon could carry icbms but bigger means louder and that’s the opposite of what you want in submarine warfare.

[@MaximusDecimus1313]

Like startrek underwater

[@michaelmixon2479]

Perhaps the best bang for the buck in the U.S.Navy arsenal.

[@markyoung3873]

What no periscope where's the fun in that

[@Shoeg4zer]

I thought the Seawolf was faster than the Virginia.

[@peterson7082]

+Shoeg4zer BlockI boats if I recall correctly.

[@corrinetsang1478]

China s 098 n submarine uses magnetic fluid drive fir steering and drive.The 098 submarine has a 4th generation nuclear reactor for creating bubble in front and sides for super cavitation.The 098 can launched 34 PL-5 with 5 MIVR at supersonic speed.

[@matthewsonnen]

If they're so great, why hasn't China attacked us yet?

[@georgecrutchfield8734]

Subs are called "boats"! Not ships! At least he pronounced "submariner" correctly, and we had cruise control in 1967!

[@ExUSSailor]

When you take the capability, lethality, and, upgradability of the Virginia's into account, $2B per boat is a bargain

[@jmbbao]

Pleiadians have said these are ships of the Secret Space Program. Look at the propeller, it is a toroidal magnetic propeller. You are looking one of the space ships of the secret space program. It just also works as a submarine as it can go in space so it can too inside water. They choose this so they could have the ships just in front of our noses without we suspecting about it.

[@howtogaintime739]

@@jmbbao I wish

[@rrpearsall]

A bargain?? Really? I'm dying from cancer without healthcare.. You have any idea how many American lives we can save and upgrade with the insane money we spend on the Military Industrial Complex.. This just protects global commerce that takes away American Jobs.. Paid by American taxpayers, the the Billionaires who benefit from the MIC

[@jmbbao]

@@rrpearsall You only need to alkalinize quickly the body ( you are eating acidic and you need to eat only alkaline foods to recover health). Google "alkaline foods" to know what you can and what not until recovery (acid is bad, alkakine is good).

[@rrpearsall]

@@jmbbao I'll take your advice but you're missing the point.. It's not just food, stress is just a big of a cause on cancer and Americans shouldn't be in so much financial stress when while we pay trillions on MIC to stir up bees nests around the world

[@DAVISNAVY-777]

God Speed US Navy!

[@princerechebei12]

Captain?

[@alperos29]

Jack Frost It’s the navy numbnuts an o-6 is a captain not colonel

[@christinepastore3674]

That's a lot of bananas. The minions could sign up!

[@MTVPRO283]

what about the material there made off!!!! in space

[@charlesgann5973]

Can blow up anything under or above the water line.

[@tompalmer5986]

Maybe we could build a few AIP submarines to increase our presence in littoral waters.

[@mtx1212]

"only sub to have FLY-by-wire technology"...smh

[@lawsonmarch9782]

Bit of a mistake in the dialogue. Fly by wire does not replace hydraulics. Fly by wire controls the hydraulics by electrical impulses.

[@williamappler5854]

Lawson March t

[@danielmarshall4587]

$2billion each that's cheeper than a B2 stealth bomber.

[@Tacomaguy458]

nope

[@FT2_LAFFEY]

All this cool stuff and I'm stuck on an Ohio Class. Damn it

[@Wgz945]

Boomers? Lol

[@scotmandel6699]

@@Wgz945 what is funny about somebody serving his county?

[@JulianJohnston919]

As if the Sub needed even more Bananas...

[@MaximusDecimus1313]

Sickkkkk

[@andrewl.3382]

Introducing Rhode Island Class, u can't see it

[@r4ym1n13]

what ?

[@cneddy22]

What up from Rhode Island

[@misterjag]

Electric Boat builds subs in Rhode Island.

[@genehess4801]

Bigger is better easer find.

[@AidanMcLeodProductions]

Barely showed us the inside

[@arendmookhoek4314]

Computers instead of hydroulics oh no.

[@willyoborro7383]

Good bless america and phillippines,

[@JoseSoto-xh4xh]

Nice

[@rdm5190]

Theres 26 more stealth subs over there....see them?...oh wait their invisible....lol

[@ghost711g2]

How many we have now?

[@ShelbyFarrow]

69

[@minecraftmarioboy5012]

Lmao now they started making a sub that costs 109 billion🙃

[@petedeiler9431]

NUKE SUBS? YOU CAN NEVER EVER HAVE ENOUGH

[@billbieker3864]

$2 billion is a bargain when compared to the waste in other government programs.

[@jeffkranerkraner9781]

The United States Navy is the greatest Navy in the world. I am proud to be United States Patriot and citizen and may God bless all of our troops and our citizens and our president amen

[@createrkid]

2 billion wtf? You could make some good amount of skyscrapers

[@MaciusSzwed]

Kursk was NOT an exercise gone wrong! An USN sub shot a MK48 torpedo into it, whereby it sank...

[@kelvinnguyen5130]

0:52 wait so they didn’t even have to send a spy ship, we just basically handed the info?? Classic USA

[@Carbon_Based_Life_Form]

You have to be stupid if you think they showed classified information

[@SUOUTHPARK]

@ 3:48 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ARA_San_Juan_(S-42)

[@cg9952]

Don't subs already make their own oxygen?

[@saiblair8590]

Good for contractors!

[@dejanknezevic1927]

You groig organic bananas too..pure perfection

[@jennygore9833]

I could easily afford them all hehehehe

[@jimwest1967]

WTF happened to OPSEC?

[@boxingempire5828]

Did they share anything you couldnt already find on wikipedia?

[@chuckfarley5738]

Daniel. If you don't protect what you have now with a submarine like that. You end up NOT NEEDING HEALTH CARE...when you're DEAD.