M66 Nuclear-powered strategic submarines worldwide - a comparison (2003) (original) (raw)

2003, U K Defence Forum Journal

By Zachary Moss MA A review of ship submersible ballistic nuclear (SSBNs) which provide a strategic nuclear offensive capability Commentary based on information on SSBNs and SLBMs taken from The Federation of American Scientists, WMD, Nuclear Forces Guide, (http://www.fas.org/nuke/guide/index.html); Cirincione, J; Wolfsthal, J.B; and Rajkumar, M. “Deadly Arsenals: Tracking Weapons of Mass Destruction”, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, 2002, Washington DC, The Brookings Institution Press; the International Institute for Strategic Studies, “The Military Balance 2002-2003”, 2002, OUP; and the Stockholm Peace Research Institute, “SIPRI Yearbook 2003: Armaments, Disarmament and International Security”, 2003, OUP.