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'Hunter Killer', or just 'Killer', is a different role to 'Subsurface Ballistic Nuclear', so not all submarines are 'Killer'. The 'largely around coastal water
by chrisseaton 5y ago
'Hunter Killer', or just 'Killer', is a different role to 'Subsurface Ballistic Nuclear', so not all submarines are 'Killer'.
The 'largely around coastal waters' (littoral) should hint at this.
- denton-scratch 5y ago"Killer" subs are designed to "kill" other subs. They're distinguished from nuclear missile subs, and from subs used mainly for scouting and transport.
- chrisseaton 5y ago> "Killer" subs are designed to "kill" other subs. They're distinguished from nuclear missile subs Isn't that what I said? > and from subs used mainly for scouting and transport For actual navies (as opposed to for example drug smugglers) scouting and transport (which is super-niche) is done by hunter killer submarines - they aren't a separate thing.