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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. List of nuclear submarines - Wikipedia

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    Nuclear-powered attack submarines. SSN(X) class [38] Virginia class. Block VI [39] Block VII [40] Nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarines. Columbia class [41]

  4. Submarines in the United States Navy - Wikipedia

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    The Nautilus was the first nuclear-powered submarine. Nautilus put to sea for the first time on 17 January 1955, transmitting the historic message, "Under way on nuclear power." [14] Up until that point, submarines had been torpedo boats tied to the surface by the need to charge their batteries using diesel engines relatively often.

  5. America’s nuclear submarine crisis on a collision course with ...

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    China has 370 warships versus 292 for the U.S. Navy, hundreds more in their so-called coast guard, and a dozen nuclear-powered submarines. Their six type 094 Jin-class "boomers" carry nuclear ...

  6. How the US Navy's nuclear-powered submarines have quietly ...

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    In the 67 years since the Navy launched the world's first nuclear-powered sub, USS Nautilus, its boats have only gotten more capable and more deadly. How the US Navy's nuclear-powered submarines ...

  7. List of submarines of the United States Navy - Wikipedia

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    First submarine to complete a submerged circumnavigation of the Northwest Passage. SSN-585 Skipjack: Lead boat of a class of 6. First nuclear powered submarine with a teardrop hull. SSRN-586 Triton: Unique submarine. First submarine to complete a submerged circumnavigation of the globe, and the only Western submarine powered by two nuclear ...

  8. Russia to equip new nuclear submarines with hypersonic ... - AOL

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    Yasen-class submarines, also known as Project 885M, are nuclear-powered cruise missile submarines, built to replace Soviet-era nuclear attack submarines as part of a programme to modernise the ...

  9. United States Navy Nuclear Propulsion - Wikipedia

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    The first nuclear-powered submarine, the USS Nautilus (SSN-571), was launched and commissioned in 1954.The development of the nuclear-powered submarine greatly increased capabilities; the duration a sub could remain underwater was now limited only by food supply.