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U.S.: Naval Dominance and the SSN

Feb 27, 2008 | 20:51 GMT

U.S. Department of Defense

Summary

Designed for a naval dynamic that vanished with the Soviet Union, nuclear-powered attack submarines have become versatile multimission platforms. Given their massive expense, it is important to understand their utility.

Even though the task for which they developed disappeared with the Soviet Union, the nuclear-powered attack submarine remains a versatile peacetime vessel -- and an essential vessel in times of war....

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