Unlike their counterparts, ballistic missile submarines (SSBN) — more commonly referred to as "boomers" — are larger and ...

The so-called “boomers” are some of the stealthiest ... The 14 Ohio-class SSBNs can carry up to 24 submarine-launched ballistic missiles (SLBMs) with multiple independently-targeted warheads.

January 14, 2009: Britain has hired an American submarine builder (General Dynamics) to design a Common Missile Compartment (CMC) for Britains next class of ballistic missile submarine (SSBN), which ...

Additionally, China has three nuclear ballistic "boomer" submarines that grant China second-strike nuclear capability. Second-strike capability is the to launch a nuclear attack on a target after ...