Ballistic missile submarine
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ballistic-missile-submarine-168-5478449
title:
Ballistic missile submarine
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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 kilometers from their targets, and acoustic quieting makes them difficult to detect, thus making them a survivable deterrent in the event of a first strike and a key element of the mutual assured destruction policy of n
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encyclopedia
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Submarine that can launch ballistic missiles
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ballistic_missile_submarine
date created:
2003-02-23T12:11:11Z
date modified:
2024-08-30T18:11:25Z
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