attack sub
Undersea naval predator
Attack sub is an informal term for attack submarine—a fast, maneuverable submarine designed primarily to hunt and destroy enemy submarines and surface ships, as opposed to ballistic missile submarines that carry nuclear weapons for strategic deterrence.
The Navy deployed an attack sub to shadow the enemy fleet.
- torpedoPropelled undersea explosive
- torpedo tubeUnderwater vessel weapon port
- periscopeAngled optical viewing tube
- stealthSecret, undetected movement
- silent runningMoving undetected, soundlessly
sonar · depth · nuclear · navy · dive · hunt · silent · wolfpack · sea wolf · hull · propeller · destroyer · warfare · war games · battle stations · ocean · deep sea · ballistic missile
- naval shipsaircraft carrier, gunboat, patrol boat, minesweeper, torpedo boat
- naval vesselswarships, warship, destroyers, cruiser, battleship
- Navy Shipsdestroyer, cruiser, battleship, frigate, aircraft carrier
- Nuclear VesselsUSS Nautilus, USS Nimitz, USS Enterprise, Lenin, aircraft carrier
- Russian Navynavy, fleet, Pacific Fleet, destroyers, cruisers
- submarine warfaretorpedo, U-boat, sonar, depth charges, hydrophones