Diesel-electric is quieter and smaller, which means superior in most scenarios, and the most common: for coastal patrol. Few countries have a need for oceanic i

Diesel-electric is quieter and smaller, which means superior in most scenarios, and the most common: for coastal patrol. Few countries have a need for oceanic intercontinental scenarios. Describing nuclear as superior betrays a lack of post cold war updates. Nobody serious maintains this position, except in the very narrow use case of global navigation and ICBM launches.