What was the name of the first nuclear submarine, launched in 1954?
Nuclear submarine and another that served with distinction in World War II). The Westinghouse Corporation was assigned to build its reactor. After the submarine was completed at the Electric Boat Company, First Lady Mamie Eisenhower broke the traditional bottle of champagne on "Nautilus" bow, and she was commissioned , on 30 September 1954. On 17 January 1955, she departed Groton, Connecticut to begin sea trials. The submarine was long, and cost about $55 million. The Soviet Union soon followed the United States in developing nuclear-powered submarines in the 1950s. Stimulated by the U.S. development of "Nautilus", Soviet work on nuclear propulsion reactors
Submarine-launched ballistic missile Submarine-launched ballistic missile A submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM) is a ballistic missile capable of being launched from submarines. Modern variants usually deliver multiple independently targetable reentry vehicles (MIRVs) each of which carries a nuclear warhead and allows a single launched missile to strike several targets. Submarine-launched ballistic missiles operate in a different way from submarine-launched cruise missiles. Modern submarine-launched ballistic missiles are closely related to intercontinental ballistic missiles (with ranges of over , and in many cases SLBMs and ICBMs may be part of the same family of weapons. The first practical design of a submarine-based launch platform was developed