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Ballistic missile submarine

A ballistic missile submarine is a submarine capable of deploying submarine-launched ballistic missiles (SLBMs) with nuclear warheads. These submarines became a major weapon system in the Cold War because of their nuclear deterrence capability. They can fire missiles thousands of kilometres (miles) from their targets, and acoustic quieting makes them…

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Ballistic missile submarine

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Ballistic missile submarine

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related to Deployment and further development · 36
Ballistic missile submarine → Advanced Refit Sites, Atlantic, By, Continental United States, CONUS, Guam, Holy Loch, Its, Mediterranean, Murmansk, NATO, NATO-monitored, Pacific, Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Polaris A-1, R-27 Zyb, Rota, Scotland, Severomorsk, SLBMs
related to Trident and Typhoon submarines · 35
Ballistic missile submarine → Akula, Both, D-5, Eighteen Ohio-class, Guam SSBN, NATO, Naval Submarine Base Bangor, Ohio, Ohio-class, Pacific, Project, R-39 Rif, SALT, Shchuka, Six Typhoons, Soviet Union, SS-N-20, SSBN, SSGN, SSN
related to Post-Cold War · 34
Ballistic missile submarine → Additionally, Borei-class, By, Cold War, Delta IIIs, Delta IVs, Deltas, Dolgorukiy, Holy Loch, In, Lugar Cooperative Threat Reduction, MIRV, Most, Nunn, Ohio-class, R-29RMU Sineva, R-39s, RSM-56 Bulava, Russia, Russians
related to Armament · 17
Ballistic missile submarine → American-manufactured Polaris, Captain Harry Jackson, Compressed, George Washington, In, Jackson, Missiles, NATO-fielded, Poseidon, Project Office, Rear Admiral Raborn's Special, Russian R-29, SLBMs, Some, SS-N-23, SSBNs, Trident-II
related to United States and United Kingdom · 17
Ballistic missile submarine → Blue, FBMs, Fleet Ballistic Missile, Gold, In, In US, NATO, Port, SSBN, SSBNs, STANAG, Starboard, The, UK, United Kingdom, United States, US Navy
related to France · 12
Ballistic missile submarine → British SNLE, Engins, Its, New Generation, Nouvelle Génération, Redoutable, SNLE, SNLE-NG, Sous-marin Nucléaire Lanceur, The, The French Navy, Triomphant
related to history · 12
Ballistic missile submarine → Although, Echo, NATO, Project, Regulus, SLBMs, Soviet, Soviet P-5 Pyatyorka, Soviet Union, SS-N-3 Shaddock, The, United States
related to Active classes · 10
Ballistic missile submarine → ChinaType, Delta, Delta III/IV, Delta IV, FranceTriomphant, IndiaArihant, Nuclear, RussiaBorei, United KingdomVanguard, United StatesOhio
related to Purpose · 6
Ballistic missile submarine → Accordingly, Attack, Ballistic, However, The, They
is a · 1
Ballistic missile submarine → submarine capable of deploying submarine-launched ballistic missiles

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missile ballistic submarine submarines class missiles nuclear service first united us soviet also construction states project ssbns union attack ssbn

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Ballistic missile submarineis asubmarine capable of deploying submarine-launched ballistic missiles0.90text
the R-29RMU Sinevainstance ofUpgraded missiles0.80text
the Delta classinstance ofThis designation was applied to smaller submarines0.80text
Ballistic missile submarinerelated to Active classesNuclear0.60section
Ballistic missile submarinerelated to Active classesChinaType0.60section
Ballistic missile submarinerelated to Active classesFranceTriomphant0.60section
Ballistic missile submarinerelated to Active classesIndiaArihant0.60section
Ballistic missile submarinerelated to Active classesRussiaBorei0.60section
Ballistic missile submarinerelated to Active classesDelta0.60section
Ballistic missile submarinerelated to Active classesDelta IV0.60section
Ballistic missile submarinerelated to Active classesDelta III/IV0.60section
Ballistic missile submarinerelated to Active classesUnited KingdomVanguard0.60section

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