“Why don’t they all carry at least 1 ICBM Nuke on board, “just in case”?”
It is a SSGN, not a SSBN.
Had to look those acronyms up.
“The SSNs and SSGNs are multi-mission ships that perform a variety of peacetime and wartime missions. They do not carry nuclear weapons. The SSBNs, in contrast, perform a specialized mission of strategic nuclear deterrence.”
I wonder how one class performs “strategic nuclear deterrence” wo/ a nuke or two on-board?