nuclear submarines
Atomic-powered naval vessels
Nuclear submarines are military vessels powered by nuclear reactors rather than diesel engines or batteries, allowing them to remain submerged for months without refueling.
They fall into two main types: attack submarines that hunt enemy ships and submarines, and ballistic missile submarines that carry nuclear warheads as part of a nation's strategic deterrent.
The nuclear submarine surfaced after three months at sea.
- reactorControlled fission apparatus
- periscopeAngled optical viewing tube
- torpedoesSelf-guided underwater explosives
- hunter killerVessel that stalks enemies
- naval warfareMilitary operations at sea
sea trials · thermoclines · crew · ballistic missiles · ocean depths · boomer · submarine fleet · uranium · stealth technology · silence · silent service · sonar systems · gyroscopes · Arctic Circle · intelligence gathering · steam turbine · pressure hull · USS Nautilus
- naval forcesnavy, fleet, warships, Royal Navy, US Navy
- submarinessub, subs, torpedo, hull, submariners
- Cold War militariesSoviet Army, Warsaw Pact, Soviet military, People's Liberation Army, tank divisions
- naval vesselswarships, warship, destroyers, cruiser, battleship
- ArcticArctic Circle, Arctic Ocean, Arctic wildlife, Arctic exploration, Arctic research
- Cold WarBerlin Wall, Iron Curtain, arms race, Warsaw Pact, Cuban Missile Crisis
nuclear submarinesaircraft carriers
Warships with flight decks
battleships · destroyers · cruisers · fighter jets · frigates
nuclear submarinesconventional weapons
Non-WMD military equipment
patrol boats · merchant ships · fishing boats · peacekeeping forces