nuclear submarine
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The design he favored for the first nuclear submarine, launched in 1954, was repurposed in the first full-scale nonmilitary nuclear plant, near Pittsburgh.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 7, 2026
The U.S. in 1959 sent the world’s third nuclear submarine there to pop up from under ice, delivering a potent warning to the Kremlin.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 30, 2025
The latest vessel programme is aimed at countering North Korea, which recently revealed that it was pursuing its own nuclear submarine programme.
From BBC • Nov. 15, 2025
US nuclear submarine technology is considered among the most sensitive and tightly guarded military secrets.
From Barron's • Nov. 4, 2025
The Pentagon's budget more than doubled from 1981 to 1986, as America added new nuclear missiles, the Trident nuclear submarine, and the B-1 nuclear bomber.
From "Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia" by Marc Favreau
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