[Victor]

".....There was a time when battleships were given names of the states and the subs werte named for fish...."

Until the REAL battleships arrived, lol.

One of these boats could take out most of Old Europe.

[skepsel]

SSNs are attack boats, ie hunter-killers that go after other subs and major surface combatants, tho they could be armed with nuclear tipped land attack cruise missiles I suppose. SSBNs or boomers are the missile boats.

[Eric in the Ozarks]

I think you're on to something.

[Strategerist]

One of these boats could take out most of Old Europe.

It doesn't carry any nuclear weapons.