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On 9/21/2024 8:01 AM, Scott Lurndal wrote:
> The Horny Goat <lcraver@home.ca> writes:
>> On Fri, 20 Sep 2024 16:00:55 -0500, Lynn McGuire
>> <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Australia is buying several Virgina class attack submarines from the
>>> USA.  One wonders what armament those subs will have.
>>>     https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virginia-class_submarine
>>>
>> Yup - but there's a huge difference between using a nuclear reactor to
>> boil steam to drive turbines which drive the sub (which is the usual
>> propulsion method in nuclear submarines) and submarines carrying
>> nuclear weapons (usually missiles). SSBNs are almost always nuclear
>> powered but carry nuclear missiles as opposed to SSNs which refers
>> only to the propulsion system.
> 
> SSNs carry Tomahawks.  Look up TLAM-N.

Tomahawks have a much shorter range and smaller payload capacity than 
the strategic missiles carried by SSBNs.  The nukes on Tomahawks are 
"tactical" warheads, not city killers.

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