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  2. Nuclear submarine - Wikipedia

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    A nuclear submarine is a submarine powered by a nuclear reactor, but not necessarily nuclear-armed.In the US classification, nuclear-powered submarines are designated as SSxN, where the SS denotes submarine, x=G means that the submarine is equipped with guided missiles (usually cruise missiles), x=B means that the submarine is equipped with ballistic missiles (usually intercontinental) and the ...

  3. USS Nautilus (SSN-571) - Wikipedia

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    Bettis Atomic Power Laboratory, operated by Westinghouse, developed the basic reactor plant design used in Nautilus after being given the assignment on 31 December 1947 to design a nuclear power plant for a submarine. [14] Nuclear power had a crucial advantage in submarine propulsion because it is a zero-emission process that consumes no air ...

  4. Los Angeles-class submarine - Wikipedia

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    The Los Angeles class of submarines are nuclear-powered fast attack submarines in service with the United States Navy. Also known as the 688 class (pronounced "six-eighty-eight") after the hull number of lead vessel USS Los Angeles (SSN-688), 62 were built from 1972 to 1996, the latter 23 to an improved 688i standard.

  5. Cramped and heavily armed — see what life is like aboard a ...

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    Navies across the world have been working to make their compact submarines more suitable for the modern-day sailor. Cramped and heavily armed — see what life is like aboard a nuclear submarine ...

  6. List of sunken nuclear submarines - Wikipedia

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    The Soviet submarine K-129 carried nuclear ballistic missiles when it was lost with all hands, but as it was a diesel-electric submarine, it is not included in the list. (K-129 was partly recovered by the U.S. Project Azorian.) The two USN submarines belonged to Submarine Force Atlantic, in the U.S. Atlantic Fleet.

  7. Ohio-class submarine - Wikipedia

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    The US Navy has a total of 18 Ohio-class submarines which consist of 14 ballistic missile submarines (SSBNs), and four cruise missile submarines (SSGNs). The SSBN submarines provide the sea-based leg of the U.S. nuclear triad. Each SSBN submarine is armed with up to 20 Trident II submarine-launched ballistic missiles (SLBM).

  8. Why has the US stationed a nuclear submarine in the ... - AOL

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    Central Command separately released an image of a nuclear-capable B-1 bomber also operating in the Middle East yesterday. The acknowledgement of the location of the Ohio-class submarine by the US ...

  9. Remember When ... A Soviet Nuclear Submarine Sank off the ...

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    At 420 feet long, with a beam of 38 feet, the Russian submarine was a long and slender nuclear-armed predator. K-219 had a maximum dive depth of 1,029 feet and a crew of approximately 120.