nuclear submarine

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Monitors said the missile was launched from a nuclear submarine and appeared to land near the Solomon Islands.

From Barron's • Jul. 8, 2026

Monday’s launch from a nuclear submarine highlights another arena where China is steadily upgrading its capabilities.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jul. 6, 2026

"James Purnell will be weirdly dragged into having to worry about the toilet paper as well as when he is going to write his letters to the nuclear submarine commander," a former official jokes.

From BBC • Jul. 4, 2026

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 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