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During the cold war, from the 60s to the 70s the United States and Soviet Union developed and built several classes of nuclear powered surface combatants, including the Bainbridge CGN-25, Truxtun CGN-35, Long Beach CGN-9, California Class, Virginia Class and Orlan Class (Kirov Class). Now these...

Question. Beyond the 80's New Threat Upgrade. Was is possible for VLS replacing the Mk 26 Launchers and ABL's on top of the no-longer utilized hanger a possibility? If so how many VLS Cells? 32 Forward + 64 Aft. How much of the hanger space could be utilized for VLS? Mark 26 Mod 0 - 24...

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/iran-nuclear-powered-war-ships-response-us-sanctions-a7471566.html http://www.timesofisrael.com/iran-to-build-nuclear-powered-ships-after-us-breaches-atomic-deal/ This is likely to deadend very quickly (assuming that it's serious in the first...

http://www.defensenews.com/story.php?i=4226195&c=AME&s=TOP I am assuming a nuclear power plant could also produce a great amount of extra energy for DEW and other exotic "high power energy need" weapons. Any thoughts?